Maryam Hassan -Cairo, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Applied Arts, 6th October University. She earned her Ph.D. in Applied Arts (Cinema) from Helwan University. She also holds a master’s degree in (Photography and Cinema) and a Diploma in Art Therapy. She focuses on the history of images, their role in visual culture and identity, and their social and psychological impact. She has held several solo exhibitions in Egypt and Europe. She has received numerous awards in photography and participated in international exhibitions, including the Sarajevo International Festival, the Revolution Festival in Tunisia, and the Mediterranean Youth Biennale. She also won prizes in various art salons such as the Nile Salon and the Youth Salon and was awarded a grant from the Cultural Resource Foundation in Brussels.
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In this evocative composition, the artist explores the intersection of human kinesis and architectural stability. By arranging a series of mirrored figures across a weathered, ochre-toned expanse, the piece transcends the literal nature of photography to become an exploration of rhythm and multiplicity.
The central figures, rendered in high-contrast blacks against a textured, parchment-like background, evoke the feeling of ancient cave paintings or classical Greek friezes reimagined through a modern lens. The repetition of the subject—a figure caught in a lithe, predatory crouch—creates a visual pulse that leads the eye across the frame in a dance of shadow and form.
The intentional "distressing" of the background creates a tension between the digital precision of the subject and the analog warmth of the environment. It suggests a collapse of time: a contemporary silhouette trapped within a timeless, decaying space. This work is less a study of the individual and more a celebration of the symmetry of movement, inviting the viewer to find stillness within a sequence of perpetual action.