Adeeb Shaban Al-Ani
President of the Arab Photographers Union
Photographer of deserts, sand, camels, horses and falcons.
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Featured photograph
In the heart of the dunes, a violin's note rises over the silence while two camels and a man pass behind it, as if arriving from another age. Here the music of the world meets the silence of the desert, and neither overwhelms the other.
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The desert is not a view to be looked at but a world to be lived. From dunes that change colour with every light to the wind's lines on the sand, these works begin with the land and move toward the life it holds.
Life in the Desert
In the desert, people and creatures write a single story: a falconer entrusting a wing to the wind, a man walking beside his camel like its shadow, horses breathing the light, gazelles crossing the sand as lightly as a question. This corner belongs to all that lives by the sand.
Film
Short films of the work and the journeys behind it.
Film
About Adeeb
Adeeb Shaban Al-Ani is a photographer and president of the Arab Photographers Union, and one of the Gulf's most prominent photographers of the desert, sand, camels, horses and falcons.
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Exhibitions and press
A dated record of shows, publications and awards.
Workshops
Courses and desert photography trips, with a contact form to register interest.
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