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Seif Kousmate

Seif Kousmate is a self-taught photographer specialized in social issues.
He has developed a visual vocabulary that stands between documentary photography and the poetry of fine art photography.After a career as a project manager in the civil engineering sector, he dedicated himself professionally to photography in 2016.

Since then, Seif Kousmate has been working on different themes in Africa: migration, youth, slavery.
For three years he has worked on the immigration of sub-Saharans on the land border between Morocco and Europe, more specifically on Mount Gourougou where  he spent several weeks in immersion.

He also worked on traditional slavery in Mauritania and Rwandan Youth in 2018 and 2019 Nominated National Geographic Explorer in 2018, Seif Kousmate was selected for the 6X6 Global Talent Program by World Press Photo in 2020 and is one of the ADPP (Arab Documentary Photography Program) grantees.

His work has been exhibited in Europe and Africa; it has also been published in international magazines and newspapers such as The York Times, Newsweek, Libération, The Guardian, El Pais, NZZ among others.

 

“Photography is my contribution to changing the world around me and developing mentalities.”
(Seif Kousmate)

expositions & événements

Talk - event

Tropical Island

04.07.22 - 18:30
curators zone - exhibition

Les Palmiers Fatigués

24.03.22
Hors les murs - event

Talk: Les Palmiers Fatigués

23.03.22 - 18:00
Seif Kousmate, De la série
Seif Kousmate, From the series "Rwandan Youth", 2018-2019
Seif Kousmate, De la série
Seif Kousmate, From the series "Away from the Dreamland", 2018
Seif Kousmate, De la série
Seif Kousmate, From the series "Haratins", 2018
Seif Kousmate, De la série
Seif Kousmate, From the series "Faces of Atlas", 2017

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