Big Exhibitions' Month!

I got news from 3 Exhibitions that I submitted work to, with acceptances. It was also great that all 3 Exhibition contests were sponsored by the Photographic Society of America

2nd International Luxemburg Contest: Accepted 1 image (1 of 12)
GSACC Salon (San Antonio, Texas, USA): Accepted 2 images (A Thousand Stories & London Continuum)
1st Great Lakes Salon (Michigan, USA): Accepted 5 images in the Color and Color creative categories (A Thousand Stories, 1 of 12, The Juice Master, Under My Skin and X)

Al Qafila Magazine

Had 8 of my pages showcased in Al Qafila Magazine in a nicely designed 8-page center spread!

Special thanks to Zaki Al Ghawas for his selection and efforts and Kameel Hawa for the beautiful introduction in this special publication

January 2008

First magazine cover! The cover of London-based business magazine, THINK "Global Issues in Perspective"

Front Cover

The January issue also included an interview with his excellency Amr Al Dabbagh (SAGIA Governor), featuring his new portrait that I shot late 2007

December 2007

Fawasel magazine (A Saudi poetry, arts and culture publication) were kind enough to contact me through Shaden Al Marshad (The editor of their "Photographya" page) and ask to feature some of my work across the magazine

The magazine also chose 3 of my photos to appear in the main magazine section covers

October 2007
SAGIA Shoot
I was thrilled to be approached by SAGIA (Saudi Arabian General Investment Authoriy) to take the official photographs of their new beautiful building. It was great for so many reasons, it was my first architecture assignment (which is one of my favorite things to shoot), I was given freedom to shoot "my own way" and because it involved working with wonderful people who are on a great mission

September 2007

Al Sharq Al Awsat (The Leading Arabic Daily in the Middle East) invited me to talk about my photography and the recent award wins

The full article can be read on their homepage at:

You can read the full article here or a roughly translated version in English here

August 2007

Arab News, through Roger Harrison, were the first publication to show interest in my photography and my recent August 2007 International award wins (In the International Photography Awards and the Photographic Society of America 2007 Exhibition entries)

The piece was published as "News" in the outside back cover of the publication, and I'll always be grateful

Click here for full article