Gabriel Ferneini Mentorship Awards recipient

Gabriel Ferneini is a self-taught photographer living between Lebanon and Tunisia. Ferneini's work questions self-imposed and systemic notions of nationality, race, gender and class in collective narratives through individual stories. With a master's degree in International Relations, he acted in disaster management & recovery in Iraq, Lebanon, Syrian, Tunisia and Algeria. Now, as a full-time photographer, he aims to use his artistic practice to positively impact and capture region's social-political context.