The Self
2002-Ongoing (This collection was a part of exhibition at the Townhouse Gallery in 2004)
Text by Hala Elkoussy, Exhibition Curator of "The photograph, the construct, the self"
In "The photograph, the construct, the self", Ahmed Kamel pursues his interest in domestic spaces and their wealth of small traces. He brings to his photography the concerns for detail of the painter that he originally is, delicately extracting feeling out of the inanimate and the mundane. His large-scale interior landscapes distil the domestic experience to its essence of warmth and tranquility. His sparse minimal compositions pay tribute to the home as refuge and sanctuary, provider of security and reinforcer of identity. His heightened awareness of the interplay between light and texture imbue his mundane objects with an air of life. They become personable. They can almost talk. And if they could, what would they tell of?
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