Tasneem Alsultan | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Saudi-American |
Alma mater | King Abdulaziz University (BA) Portland State University (MA) |
Occupation | Photographer |
Website | tasneemalsultan |
Tasneem Alsultan (born October 10, 1985) is a Saudi-American photographer, artist and speaker. Covering stories primarily for The New York Times [1] and National Geographic , [2] she is known for her work on gender and social issues in Saudi Arabia and the region. Alsultan is the first Arab woman to become a Canon ambassador. [3]
Tasneem was born in Tucson, Arizona, but moved to the U.K with her family at age five [4] and completed the majority of early schooling there. She became a hobbyist photographer starting age age nine. [4]
She moved to Saudi Arabia at the age of 16, [4] earning her undergraduate degree in English literature and linguistics at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah. [5] She also holds a master's degree in social linguistics and anthropology from Portland State University. [6]
Alsultan returned to Saudi Arabia in 2008, and began taking photos while trying to find a job. Her photography gained her a following on Facebook. [5]
Alsultan opened her first photography studio while teaching at a college in Bahrain. She later taught as a lecturer in Dubai, where she decided to quit her job to pursue photography full-time. [5]
Alsultan is a member of Rawiya, the first all-female photography collective from the Middle East. [7]
Alsultan's photography tends to focus on "mundane yet important" moments, particularly those moments related to women's life and empowerment in Saudi Arabia, such as women driving and visiting cinemas for the first time. [5] She photographed Jeddah's first music concert, headed by Algerian musician Khaled and American rapper Nelly. [7]
In 2020, she cofounded Ruwa Space, a platform to support visual creatives and offer education and consultation across the Middle East and North Africa.[ citation needed ] In 2021, Alsultan coproduced and co hosted Repicture podcast [8] and photographed AlSunbula Company and MDLBeast Sound Storm in Riyadh.[ citation needed ]
In 2022, Tasneem was a judge for World Press Photo [9] and for Catchlight Fellowship. [10] She participated in L'Oreal's 2022 campaign the Lesson of Worth. [11] She was also a speaker at both Elevate Wedding Photography Conference in London, United Kingdom, [12] and the Way Up North Photography Conference in Vienna, Austria. [13]
Alsultan has participated in several projects in Saudi Arabia. She was an Instructor at the Lens for Equality Project funded/sponsored by Goethe Institute [14] & French Consulate in Riyadh, a presenter and mentor in Misk 2022, [15] and a creative Consultant at the Tanween Conference 2022 at Ithraa in Dhahran. [16] That same year, Alsultan presented at ARLES Live magazine in Paris, and was the Co Host and Organizer at the Diriyah Biennale of Photographers Conference. [17]
She has cited Maggie Stieber as a photography idol of hers. [18]
One of Alsultan's most popular projects, "Saudi Tales of Love," explores the realities of marriage, divorce, and widowhood in Saudi Arabia through the eyes of Saudi women. [19] The project was partly influenced by her own personal experience with arranged marriage at the age of 17, which eventually ended in divorce.[ citation needed ]
Selected as one of the 10 grantees of the Arab Documentary Photography Program, [20] funded by Magnum Foundation [21] / Prince Clause/ AFAC grant in 2015, she began working on her project Saudi Tales of Love which was published in Time's Lightbox, and later exhibited in Paris Photo, PhotoKathmandu, and among the slideshow at Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan in 2016.[ citation needed ]
Alsultan has a personal photography business where she photographs Saudi weddings. [22] In 2016, her wedding photography was profiled by National Geographic, where she stated that she has photographed more than 200 weddings in 21 countries. [2] She has recently extended her social documentary photography to Kuwait, where she is currently working on a project that focuses on capturing the unique challenges facing LGBTQ individuals in the country.[ citation needed ]
In April 2016, Tasneem was selected by the British Journal of Photography as one of the 16 emerging photographers to watch in 2016, and was later selected by PDN as one of the 30 photographers to watch in 2017. [23]
Alsultan was a finalist in the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards in Contemporary Issues. [24] [25]
In 2018 she joined the Canon Ambassador program as the program's first Arab female photographer and was selected as one of the 12 recipients of the Joop Master Class, part of the World Press Photo, Netherlands.[ citation needed ]
In 2019, Tasneem was selected as a recipients of the Catchlight Fellowship to continue her work on Saudi women. [10] She has also received honorable mention for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism. [26] That year she was also voted the 'Princess Noura University Award for Excellence' in the Arts category.
She has also received honorable mention for the Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism.[ citation needed ]
Alsultan married at age 17; she later divorced her husband. [4] She has two daughters, born in the late 2000s. [5]
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