Tsawwar… Omar Mano
“I took this on my phone in Alexandria, Egypt, last winter. I really love this picture. They kept still for a really long time. That kind of presence and warmth was really rare for me.”
Omar Mano is a 27-year-old film director and photographer. He is heavily influenced by street culture and drawn to anything raw, real, and unpolished. Cinema plays a central role in shaping his visual language and the way he tells stories.
Tsawwar is an ongoing visual series in Daftar which explores the stories behind a photograph, taken in the region or by an Arab photographer, written in their own words.
