(MENAFN- Daily News Egypt) Change is the only constant fact that endures people's lives, while photography remains one of the most heart touching arts that directly invades people's hearts touching their souls. Combining transitions ransacking society through the lens of emerging photographers was the idea 'Cairographie' festival explores.
Organized by Darb 1718, an Egyptian contemporary art and culture centre, in cooperation with photopia, a hub for Egypt based photographers, 'Cairographie' is a photograph and video annual festival. In its first edition, the festival focuses on Egypt's photographers and videographers. Under the theme of 'transitions', 43 young participants expressed how they see change taking over their lives in different aspects.
Opening its doors to mass on Sunday, the festival hosts a rich artistic program of workshops and talks.
Transition is this year's theme of the festival. The theme was chosen by Karim El-Hayawan, one of the organizers and a distinguished Cairo based photographer and an interior architect.
Believing that rapid, unprecedented change has been the main theme of Egyptians' lives for the past six years, EL-Hayawan went for transitions theme as it can be reflected in all of youths lives' different aspects.
'Transformation has been a very important word in our lives' he started his talk saying 'I chose the theme because I felt it's one common thread that is connecting all of us together; whether the change is political, ideological, religious, yet it connects us all in one circle'.
It's a very personal topic; yet, it's a very broad message, he assured.
From his perspective, layers of transitions included the affect social media and technology has overlapped making change essential in people's lives without even realizing it, 'so it was very important to portray such an essential element through photography'.
Transitions are reflected on us and by us, whether these transitions are inflicted or embraced, resurrected or created. What varies is the impact that transitions incite, both individually and/or collectively, he added.
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