Motorcycles Festival

I’m Asmaa Gamal. I started my career as a journalist since I was university student. I worked in many
press agencies as a freelance, till I chose Radio and Television to be my major. I started to focus on
photography as –in Egypt- it provides freedom more than writing articles, especially with revolutions and
social media that gave photos the highest importance nowadays. Since then I started to work as a
photo-journalist or one women crew in Daily News Egypt. My new job afforded me the chance to
concentrate on documentary aspect by creating memorable photos that will be always remembered with
the passing of time. The majority of 90s generation received the meaning of social equality through
television and political chants, but for me as an Egyptian girl, I think that social equality starts from our
homes that lack this concept and confine to watch it on television only. Here comes photographer or
artist role in documenting the miserable reality in an artistic way. In my country, photography is totally
different as the society always considers photos as an enemy although everyone now pick photos to him
and his family with mobile phones; however camera phobia still controls our streets and our homes as
well.