Mohammed Nammoor Mentorship Awards recipient

Mohammed Nammoor is a self-taught photographer who uses photography as a form to express and understand his inner self and document the years of war in Syria. Nammoor’s artistic practice, which also englobes video and writing, was shaped on the streets of Damascus and by his love for cinema. It explores notions of identity, childhood, social injustice and post-war life. Nammoor has been working as a photographer since 2016 in cooperation with local agencies and institutions such as Unicef and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Nammoor’s work was exhibited at the Spanish Galleria de Arte dos Ajolotes in 2021.