Wafaa Samir
Photographer / Visual artist
Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Freelance Photographer
Photographer/Art director
Trusted by national and international brands and organizations. Here's some of my clients:
Lavazza official, Kiliim, Startup Guide, Brownbook Magazine, Kotn, Inca & Co, Maqam design, Lush design house, Besconi Furniture, Asfar Jewelery, Mooov film festival, Ariika, Jera, Nilo and Comet architecture.
Lavazza official, Kiliim, Startup Guide, Brownbook Magazine, Kotn, Inca & Co, Maqam design, Lush design house, Besconi Furniture, Asfar Jewelery, Mooov film festival, Ariika, Jera, Nilo and Comet architecture.
January 2017
- Present
Egypt
Cairo Photography Club
Photoshop instructor
Responsible for developing the Photoshop course material, giving lectures and instructing attendees.
April 2019
- May 2022
Egypt
Inca & Co.
Photographer and visual content developer
My responsibilities included:
Art direction and styling for photoshoots
Photography and retouching
Making weekly social media schedules
Designing flyers
Art direction and styling for photoshoots
Photography and retouching
Making weekly social media schedules
Designing flyers
March 2016
- March 2019
Egypt
Rush Studio
Part time photographer and graphic designer
February 2016
- August 2016
Cawn
Creative retoucher
2015
- December 2015
Egypt
AO Studio
Creative retoucher
My responsibilities included:
High end retouching
Photo manipulation
High end retouching
Photo manipulation
January 2014
- October 2014
Egypt
Freelance
Wedding photographer
2012
- 2013
Egypt
Education
Faculty Of Fine Arts
Bachelor of architecture
September 2008
- July 2013
Cairo, Egypt
Behna Visual Arts Study Program
2021
- 2022
Egypt
Languages
Arabic (Native),
English (Advanced),
Awards
Nile Salon
Jury prize
2017
Youth Salon
The 26th youth salon photography prize
2015
Behance Portfolio Reviews
Behance appreciation award In the portfolio reviews week in Cairo
2013
Nahr Al-Bahr Annual Competition
first place in photography and computer graphics section
2012
Sakia Annual Photography Competition
second place
2012
Skills
Art Direction,
Content Creation,
Lightroom,
Photo Manipulation,
Photo Styling,
Photography,
Photoshop,
Planning,
Product Photography,
Retouching,
Social Media Planning,
Styling,
Courses & Workshops
• What is absent is at work, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, 2022
• Magics of text as space, Noor Abuarafeh and Mohamed abdelkarim, 2021
• Food Ethnography workshop (Instructor: Mai Amer) - 2019
• Sowing Seeds art residency in India - 2018
• Interior photography masterclass (Instructor: Faouzi Massrali) - 2018
• North south – culture diversity support program (organized by Bibliotheca Alexandria and co funded by the European union) - 2015
• Pinhole camera workshop (instructor: Mahmoud Hallawy) - 2014
• technical workshop about exhibits preparations and art handling (instructors: Saad Samir and Lucy Till-Awny) - 2014
• layer of green photography workshop (instructors: Rana El-Nemr and Jens Liebchen) - 2014
• week of light (instructor: Jorge Heieck) - 2013
• the self portrait video project at Townhouse (instructors: Corinne Van Egret and Petr Lom) - 2012
• the wrong image at CIC (instructor: Osama Dawod) - 2012
• Basics of lighting (instructor: Xenia Nikolskaya) - 2011
• the firefly tunnel project (instructor: Tavia Lafollette) - 2010
• Ramadan days at (Saad Zaghlol) cultural center - 2010
• Portrait photography (instructor: Kareem Nabil) - 2010
• Abstract photography (instructor: Sara Mustafa Kamel) – 2010
• Magics of text as space, Noor Abuarafeh and Mohamed abdelkarim, 2021
• Food Ethnography workshop (Instructor: Mai Amer) - 2019
• Sowing Seeds art residency in India - 2018
• Interior photography masterclass (Instructor: Faouzi Massrali) - 2018
• North south – culture diversity support program (organized by Bibliotheca Alexandria and co funded by the European union) - 2015
• Pinhole camera workshop (instructor: Mahmoud Hallawy) - 2014
• technical workshop about exhibits preparations and art handling (instructors: Saad Samir and Lucy Till-Awny) - 2014
• layer of green photography workshop (instructors: Rana El-Nemr and Jens Liebchen) - 2014
• week of light (instructor: Jorge Heieck) - 2013
• the self portrait video project at Townhouse (instructors: Corinne Van Egret and Petr Lom) - 2012
• the wrong image at CIC (instructor: Osama Dawod) - 2012
• Basics of lighting (instructor: Xenia Nikolskaya) - 2011
• the firefly tunnel project (instructor: Tavia Lafollette) - 2010
• Ramadan days at (Saad Zaghlol) cultural center - 2010
• Portrait photography (instructor: Kareem Nabil) - 2010
• Abstract photography (instructor: Sara Mustafa Kamel) – 2010
Selected exhibitions
• Shifting Sands, PHotoESPAÑA, Casa Árabe, Madrid 2023
• Afrika eye festival, Bristol 2022
• Thresholds , Wekalet Behna, Alexandria 2022
• Sight mapping, Arts’ hub gallery, Cairo 2022
• Diffusion festival, Wales 2021
• More than a number, F foto gallery, Cardiff 2021
• Cairo art fair at Tam gallery - December 2020
• The Youth Salon in Cairo - December 2019
• The Arab streets at Gulf photo plus, Dubai - September 2019
• Nile salon - November 2017
• Biennale des photographes du monde arabe in Paris - November 2015
• The 26th youth salon in Cairo - October 2015
• Nord art in Germany - June 2015
• Foto expo at (We claim the streets) in Belgium - April 2015
• Depict at Women’s association in Cairo - March 2015
• Layer of green at CIC in Cairo - 2014
• The streaming festival 8th edition - 2013
• Saturated souls at Darb 17 18 - 2010
• Afrika eye festival, Bristol 2022
• Thresholds , Wekalet Behna, Alexandria 2022
• Sight mapping, Arts’ hub gallery, Cairo 2022
• Diffusion festival, Wales 2021
• More than a number, F foto gallery, Cardiff 2021
• Cairo art fair at Tam gallery - December 2020
• The Youth Salon in Cairo - December 2019
• The Arab streets at Gulf photo plus, Dubai - September 2019
• Nile salon - November 2017
• Biennale des photographes du monde arabe in Paris - November 2015
• The 26th youth salon in Cairo - October 2015
• Nord art in Germany - June 2015
• Foto expo at (We claim the streets) in Belgium - April 2015
• Depict at Women’s association in Cairo - March 2015
• Layer of green at CIC in Cairo - 2014
• The streaming festival 8th edition - 2013
• Saturated souls at Darb 17 18 - 2010