Thanks for visiting. Feel free to look around and enjoy some of my work. Please subscribe to the mailing list to receive news, details of talks, workshops, screening, exhibitions and invitations to special events.
BEYOND MOMENTS: MOROCCO
Join Iraqi photographer and filmmaker Maythem Ridha as he describes how he shoots film and photography projects in different parts of the Middle East and North Africa inspired by the wonderfully textured locations, interesting characters and stunning light. Presenting his work, he will be discussing the methods he uses to shoot travel, street and environmental portraits in, at times, hostile environments.
Born in Baghdad, Maythem Ridha has lived and travelled across the Middle East and North Africa and is now based in London. In BEYOND MOMENTS: MOROCCO, Maythem leads us on an intrepid photographic journey, inspired by the wonderfully evocative locations, interesting characters and stunning light.
From the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean and inland to Beni-Mellal, we ascend the Atlas Mountains and venture above the clouds to witness the remote and inaccessible Berber Wedding Festival. Presenting some of his award-winning photographs, Maythem shares his experiences of shooting travel, street and environmental portraits in, at times, challenging social situations.
PRESS
"Maythem Ridha takes us on a visual adventure in search of the spirit of Morocco and, in the process, discovers a positive and hopeful aspect of the human condition. a-n (formerly The Artists Newsletter)
"Only a photographer from the Arab and Muslim world has this depth of insight to reveal the culture from within". WHAT'S ON
“There is an almost three-dimensional effect in the intimate way with which he has captured these often un-tapped-into communities…The patchwork of humanity grows once connection is formed, and so relationships expand. And we, as viewers, are granted precious entry to worlds we may never have otherwise known”. The Platform UK
UPCOMING EVENTS, WORKSHOPS and TALKS
Saturday 12th December 2020, 16:00 to 18:00 - TALK - SHOOTING THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA - Redlees Studios, Worton Rd, Isleworth TW7 6DW.
Iraqi photographer and filmmaker Maythem Ridha describes how he has shot film and photography projects in different parts of the Middle East and North Africa inspired by the wonderfully textured locations, interesting characters and stunning light. Presenting his work, he will be discussing the methods he uses to shoot travel, street and environmental portraits in, at times, hostile environments.
Iraqi photographer and filmmaker Maythem Ridha describes how he has shot film and photography projects in different parts of the Middle East and North Africa inspired by the wonderfully textured locations, interesting characters and stunning light. Presenting his work, he will be discussing the methods he uses to shoot travel, street and environmental portraits in, at times, hostile environments.
If you have not yet purchased a copy of Maythem’s book BEYOND MOMENTS MOROCCO, there are a small number of first edition books still available for sale on the day which you can have personally signed by Maythem.
To register please send us a message through our contact form above.
Tuesday 2nd March 2021, 19:30 to 21:30 - TALK - SHOOTING THE MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA - Maidstone Camera Club, Maidstone, Kent.
