There has been a surge of high quality photographers in Egypt and many of them are sharing their work on Instagram. I started with a list of 50 Egyptian photographers on Instagram and edited it to 15 that I feel have something special to say about Egypt and the world through their photography. It’s just my opinion but these are some of the best photographers in Egypt.
Most of these photographers range between editorial photojournalist and artistic photography.
Nariman El-Mofty – Started covering the revolution in Egypt and now works around the Middle East for the AP winning Pulitzer Prizes. ( website )
Youssef Nabil – Posts unique hand painted nostalgia. I love when one of his photos pops up in my feed. ( website )
Laura El-Tantawy – Artist and bookmaker who puts the emotion into each photo.( website )
Ahmed Gaber – Shoots gritty images of everyday life in Egypt.
Ahmed Jamal – Posts interesting triptych’s someteims reimagining and sometimes reinforcing the visual cliches of Cairo.
Eman Helal – The unique and indomitable documentary work from one of Egypt’s best. ( website )
Hesham Elsherif – Very unique photos of everyday life in Cairo and its rural areas.
Sabry Khaled – Photographer, filmmaker, teacher curator, and all around good guy in Cairo. ( website )
Salih Bashier – Works between Sudan and Cairo, especially his recent work of the Sudanese revoultion.
Dania Hany – Film and ghostly images really shows another side of Egypt. ( website )
Asmaa Waguih – One of the hardest working photojournalists based between Istanbul and Egypt but bouncing around to war zones around the Middle East, represented by Redux. ( website )
Roger Anis – A storyteller who is often working in Upper Egypt and really finds unique stories. ( website )
Sima Diab – Photographer showing us life in Cairo and Beirut, often works with international papers and magazines. ( website )
Ezz Monem – Not your traditional photographer. Splits his time between software developer and artist, now based in Australia. ( website )
Christina Rizk – Has a clean and crisp style and works between Egypt and Germany. ( website )
Amr Alfiky – Egyptian photojournalist based in New York, fellow at the @nytimes
Other Egyptian Photographer Instagramers I love
https://www.instagram.com/mohamed_hassan.photo
https://www.instagram.com/hadeermahmoud1
https://www.instagram.com/karimelhayawan
https://www.instagram.com/haymanics
https://www.instagram.com/fathi_hawas
https://www.instagram.com/helrasam
https://www.instagram.com/mohamedmahdyph
https://www.instagram.com/xenia_nikolskaya_photography
https://www.instagram.com/ebrahimelmoly
https://www.instagram.com/mosaabelshamy
https://www.instagram.com/elkamhawi
https://www.instagram.com/omarzaki99
https://www.instagram.com/abdelrahmanmohamed0
https://www.instagram.com/somewhereincairo
https://www.instagram.com/alizaraay
If you would like your account added to this page feel free to email me at david@daviddegner.com. I can’t promise that I will add it, but I love to see new photo projects.