Laura El-Tantawy

♀ *1980 / Egypt / United Kingdom

Works

Contacts for the work of Laura El-Tantawy

Laura El-Tantawy

www.lauraeltantawy.com

Solo exhibitions

In the Shadow of the Pyramids

David Messum, London (GB)
15 Sep 2021 – 1 Oct 2021
Beyond Here is Nothing

Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai (AE)
6 Feb 2018 – 7 Apr 2018
BEYOND HERE IS NOTHING

Seen Fifteen, London (GB)
12 May 2017 – 4 Jun 2017
In the Shadow of the Pyramids | Egypt

Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai (AE)
5 Mar 2015 – 13 May 2015

Group

African Cosmologies: Redux

FotoFest Biennial 2022

FotoFest, Houston (US)
24 Sep 2022 – 6 Nov 2022

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara, Rotimi Fani-Kayode …
Not standing still

new approaches in documentary photography

Museum of Australian Photography, Melbourne (AU)
17 Feb 2021 – 2 May 2021

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Mathieu Asselin, Cristina De Middel, Yoshikatsu Fujii, Ashley Gilbertson, Gauri Gill, Zhang Kechun, Dana Lixenberg, Max Pinckers, Raphaela Rosella, Alec Soth, James Tylor …
HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME

Seen Fifteen, London (GB)
9 Sep 2020 – 26 Sep 2020

with Maya Rochat, Martin Seeds
209 WOMEN

www.209women.co.uk

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
1 Mar 2019 – 14 Apr 2019

with Monika K. Adler, Emily Andersen, Lisa Barnard, Rosie Barnes, Alison Baskerville, Poulomi Basu, Sian Bonnell, Polly Braden, Rachel Louise Brown, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Aletheia Casey, Hannah Collins …
between the lines

artists' books exhibition

a r c h i p e l a g o, London (GB)
20 Oct 2016 – 29 Oct 2016

with Marte Aas, Marianne Bjornmyr, Julia Borissova, Bernhard Cella, Nicholas Gottlund, Stefano Graziani, Kensuke Koike, Ikuru Kuwajima, Isabelle Le Minh, Tom Lovelace, Henrik Malmström, Giulia Marchi …
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)
2 Sep 2016 – 28 Oct 2016

with Erik Kessels, Trevor Paglen, Tobias Zielony
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
15 Apr 2016 – 26 Jun 2016

with Erik Kessels, Trevor Paglen, Tobias Zielony
Chobi Mela VIII - Intimacy

Chobi Mela Festival, Dhaka (BD)
23 Jan 2015 – 5 Feb 2015

with Philip Blenkinsop, Arthur Bondar, Antoine Bruy, Kevin Bubriski, Denis Dailleux, Andrea Diefenbach, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Shirin Neshat, Simon Norfolk, Cristina Nunez, Max Pinckers …
Shared Reality

Backlight' 14 Photo Festival

Tampere Art Museum, Tampere (FI)
6 Sep 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Gohar Dashti, Lalla Essaydi, Tanya Habjouqa, Pavel Wolberg
Backlight Photo Festival 2014

Holding Cohesion

Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere (FI)
6 Sep 2014 – 1 Nov 2014

with Kristin Capp, Gohar Dashti, Natan Dvir, Alinka Echeverria, Lalla Essaydi, Anna Fabricius, Matilde Gattoni, Tanya Habjouqa, Lek Kiatsirikajorn, Andreas Meichsner, Katerine Mistal, Pekka Niittyvirta …
21st Noorderlicht International Photofestival

An Ocean of Possibilities

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
30 Aug 2014 – 26 Oct 2014

with Laura Boeoek, Jan Banning, Sasha Bezzubov, Diana Blok, Carlotta Cardana, Maja Daniels, Stefano de Luigi, Marrigje de Maar, James Whitlow Delano, Giorgio Di Noto, Tom Fecht, Markus J. Feger …
PHOTOGRAPHY OXFORD FESTIVAL 2014

Photography Oxford, Oxford (GB)
14 Sep 2014 – 5 Oct 2014

with Maisie Broadhead, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Mariana Cook, Richard Davies, Veli Granoe, Robin Hammond, Mark Laita, Yann Layma, Susanna Majuri, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Mimi Mollica, Bernard Plossu …
The Space Between: Redefining Public & Personal in Smartphone Photography.

CPW, Woodstock (US)
28 Jun 2014 – 31 Aug 2014

with Echo/Sight, Henry Jacobson, Chip Litherland, Mark Peterson
Art Market - Bringing Back the Classics

The Empty Quarter Gallery, Dubai (AE)
12 Jun 2013 – 12 Aug 2013

with Leila Alaoui, Pamela Hanson, Josef Holehner, Eman Mohammed (Palästina,*1987), Sami Nabeel, Herbert G. Ponting, Marc Riboud, Denis Rito, Martin Roemers
I exist (in some way)

Selections from the Side Photographic Collection

Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool (GB)
18 May 2013 – 14 Jul 2013

with Boushra Almutawakel, George Awde, Hicham Benohoud, Hichem Driss, Lamya Gargash, Tanya Habjouqa, Larissa Sansour, Issa Touma
Chobi Mela VII

International Festival of Photography Bangladesh, 2013

Drik Picture Library Ltd. , Dhaka (BD)
25 Jan 2013 – 7 Feb 2013

with Pablo Bartholomew, Rasel Chowdhury, Ziyah Gafic, LU Guang, Maimouna Guerresi , ZHANG Haier, Saiful Huq Omi, Graciela Iturbide, Gideon Mendel, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Max Pam, Eugene Richards …
8th Angkor Photo Festival 2012

The first international photo festival in Southeast Asia

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
1 Dec 2012 – 8 Dec 2012

with Abir Abdullah, Mario Algaze, Pablo Bartholomew, Harvey Benge, Philip Blenkinsop, Kai Bornhoeft, Christopher Capozziello, Martin Chambi, Robert Clark, Jean-Pierre Favreau, Yoshihiro Hagiwara, Guillaume Herbaut …
The Foto Visura Grant exhibition

United Photo Industries HQ, New York (US)
30 May 2012 – 17 Jun 2012

with Thomas Michael Alleman, Melissa Cacciola, Kai Loeffelbein, Sebastian Liste, Wendy Marijnissen, Ivor Prickett, Emily Schiffer, Ula Wiznerowicz
Arab Revolutions

Third Floor gallery, Cardiff (GB)
30 Jul 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Yuri Kozyrev, Guy Martin, Dominic Nahr, Ivor Prickett
17th Noordlicht Photofestival 2010: Land - Country Life in the Urban Age

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
5 Sep 2010 – 31 Oct 2010

with Evan Abramson, Benoit Aquin, Pablo Balbontin Arenas, George Awde, Tessa Bunney, Alexandra Demenkova, Eva Gjaltema, Brigitte Grignet, Robin Hammond, Katharina Hesse, Sohrab Hura, Nadav Kander …

Events

Photo Fringe 2024

Photo Fringe, Brighton (GB)
4 Oct 2024 – 30 Oct 2024

with Rhiannon Adam, Murray Ballard, Alejandra Carles-Tolra, Alan Gignoux, Adam Isler, Asa Johannesson, Sam Laughlin, Anthony Luvera, Tish Murtha, Jim Naughten, Martin Seeds, Arpita Shah
Photo London 2022

Photo London, London (GB)
12 May 2022 – 15 May 2022

with Heather Agyepong, Alia Ali, Khalik Allah, Emily Allchurch, Tali Amitai-Tabib, Ingo Arndt, Cedric Arnold, Asiko, Valda Bailey, Olivo Barbieri, Daniel Blaufuks, Francesco Bosso …
7th LUMIX Festival - digital - for Young Photojournalism

7. Lumix Festival - digital - für jungen Fotojournalismus

Lumix Festival, Hannover (DE)
19 Jun 2020 – 28 Jun 2020

with Laia Abril, Hayley Austin, Lisa Barnard, Martina Cirese, Volker Crone, Sanne de Wilde, Jessica Dimmock, Franziska Gilli, Nanna Heitmann, Rafael Heygster, Robert Knoth, Katrin Koenning …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Atong Atem, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs …
FotoFest Biennial 2020

AFRICAN COSMOLOGIES—Photography, Time, and the Other

FotoFest, Houston (US)
7 Mar 2020 – 19 Apr 2020

with Faisal Abdu'allah, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Helene A. Amouzou, Shobun Baile, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Bruno Boudjelal, Edson Chagas, Ernest Cole, Jamal Cyrus, Monica de Miranda, Jean Depara …
Lenscloud Fine Art Photography Platform

Lenscloud is the online source to collect, learn, explore and engage with fine art photography.

Lenscloud, London (GB)
26 Jun 2018 – 31 Dec 2018

with Richard Caldicott, Peter Dazeley, Arthur Elgort, Tom Fels, Frank Horvat, Jim Lee, Chris Simpson, Maciej Urbanek, Yves Marchand & Romain Meffre
13th Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
3 Dec 2017 – 12 Dec 2017

with Terje Abusdal, Hoda Afshar, Magda Biernat, Alejandro Cartagena, Ricardo Cases, Antoine d'Agata, Cristina De Middel, Neha Hirve, Sohrab Hura, Katrin Koenning, Aleksey Kondratyev, Sophal Neak …
Unseen Photo Fair 2017

Unseen Photo, Amsterdam (NL)
22 Sep 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Laurence Aegerter, Takaaki Akaishi, Thomas Albdorf, Miles Aldridge, Evgenia Arbugaeva, Sofia Ayarzagoitia, Ralph Baiker, Roger Ballen, Fabio Barile, Melanie Bonajo, Elina Brotherus, Thibault Brunet …
Peckham 24 - BODY LANGUAGE

festival of contemporary photography

Copeland Gallery, London (GB)
19 May 2017 – 20 May 2017

with Mette Bersang, Julie Boserup, Jonny Briggs, Julie Cockburn, Robert Ellis, Marvel Harris, Lou Oates, Eva Stenram, Clare Strand, Tereza Zelenkova