When the spirit of revolution swept across Egypt in 2011, an amateur photographer put aside his studies and headed to Tahrir Square, camera in hand. It was the beginning of big changes both for his career and his country.
Mosa’ab Elshamy, now 23, bore witness to ongoing strife punctuated by the rise and fall of Egypt’s first democratically elected president. Through photography (Elshamy currents uses a Canon EOS 60D), he documented this period in his country’s history with stunning consistency and emotional depth.
“I feel it has added a lot more to me as a human; it makes you understand people quite a lot more,” Elshamy told Mashable during a Skype interview. “Significant events which really should never be taken lightly — a person getting killed by another person — become very personal.” Read more…
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