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'''Salih Basheer''' (Arabic: صالح بشير, born 1 January 1995)[{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|title=A B O U T – Salih Basheer|url=https://www.salihbasheer.com/about|website=Salihbasheer}}] |
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'''Salih Basheer''' (Arabic: صالح بشير, born 1 January 1995) is a Sudanese photographer. |
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Since 2018, he has been awarded several grants and prizes for photography, and his photo stories have been exhibited in Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United Arab Emirates. His 2023 publication ''22 Days in Between'' is the first [[photo-book]] ever by a Sudanese photographer. |
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Since 2018, he has been awarded grants and prizes for photography, including by the the [[Rencontres d'Arles|Arles Photography Festival]], the [[Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)|Arab Fund for Arts and Culture]] (AFAC), [[Magnum Foundation]] and the [[Prince Claus Fund]]. His photo stories have been exhibited in Ethiopia, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and the United Arab Emirates. His 2023 publication ''22 Days in Between'' was called the first [[photo-book]] ever by a Sudanese photographer. |
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==Early life and education== |
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==Early life and education== |
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Basheer was born in [[Omdurman]], Sudan.[{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|title=A B O U T – Salih Basheer|url=https://www.salihbasheer.com/about|website=Salihbasheer}}] After finishing secondary school in Sudan, he moved to [[Cairo]] in 2013 and received his Bachelor's degree in Geography from [[Cairo University]] in 2017. During his studies in Egypt, he started as a [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]] photographer. [{{Cite web|last=Addis Foto Fest|date=2018|title=Salih Basheer|url=http://www.addisfotofest.com/2018/participant/salih-basheer/|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Addis Foto Fest|language=en-US|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222194824/http://www.addisfotofest.com/2018/participant/salih-basheer/|url-status=dead}}] |
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Basheer was born in [[Omdurman]], Sudan. |
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After finishing secondary school in Sudan, he moved to [[Cairo]] in 2013 and received his Bachelor's degree in Geography from [[Cairo University]] in 2017. During his studies in Egypt, he started as a [[Autodidacticism|self-taught]] photographer. [{{Cite web|last=Addis Foto Fest|date=2018|title=Salih Basheer|url=http://www.addisfotofest.com/2018/participant/salih-basheer/|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Addis Foto Fest|language=en-US|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222194824/http://www.addisfotofest.com/2018/participant/salih-basheer/|url-status=dead}}] |
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==Life and work== |
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==Life and work== |
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After his graduation, Basheer began to work on his first long-term project titled ''Sweet Taste Of Sugarcane.''{{cn|date=May 2023}} |
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After his graduation, Basheer began to work on his first long-term project titled ''Sweet Taste Of Sugarcane.''[="addisfotofest" />] |
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His next project, called ''The Home Seekers'', was supported by the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) in 2019. In this, Basheer recorded the everyday lives of other [[Sudanese refugees in Egypt|Sudanese refugees]] living in exile in Cairo and were "look[ing] inward in search for a 'home', looking for a better life and education". [{{Cite web|last=Arab Fund for Arts and Culture|date=2019|title=Salih Basheer – The Home Seekers|url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/Projects/6449|access-date=2021-12-25|website=www.arabculturefund.org}}] This visual story was exhibited in October 2021 at the Diffusion Festival in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] ,[{{Cite web|last=Diffusion festival|title=The Home Seekers – Salih Basheer|url=https://diffusionfestival.org/programme/the-home-seekers|access-date=2021-12-25|website=diffusionfestival.org}}] and the same year in France as part of the group exhibition "''Mon ami n'est pas d'ici''" at the [[Institut du Monde Arabe]]'s exhibition space in [[Tourcoing]], [{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-11-18|title=Archives 2021 I Mon ami n'est pas d'ici {{!}} IMA-Tourcoing|url=https://ima-tourcoing.fr/institut-monde-arabe-tourcoing/exposition-mon-ami-nest-pas-dici/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=IMA-Tourcoing {{!}} Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing|language=fr-FR}}] as well as at the festival "Les Rencontres à l'échelle" in [[Marseille ]]. [{{Cite web|title=Mon ami n'est pas d'ici – صديقي ليس من هنا|url=https://www.lesrencontresalechelle.com/programmation/16eme-edition/mon-ami-n-est-pas-d-ici|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Les Rencontres à l'Échelle|language=fr}}] |
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His next project, called ''The Home Seekers'', was supported by the [[Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)|Arab Fund for Arts and Culture]] (AFAC) in 2019. In this, Basheer recorded the lives of other [[Sudanese refugees in Egypt|Sudanese refugees]] in Cairo, who are living in exile and thus are "look[ing] inward in search for a 'home', looking for a better life and education". [{{Cite web|last=Arab Fund for Arts and Culture|date=2019|title=Salih Basheer – The Home Seekers|url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/Projects/6449|access-date=2021-12-25|website=www.arabculturefund.org}}] This visual story was exhibited in October 2021 at the Diffusion Festival in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]] [{{Cite web|last=Diffusion festival|title=The Home Seekers – Salih Basheer|url=https://diffusionfestival.org/programme/the-home-seekers|access-date=2021-12-25|website=diffusionfestival.org}}] and the same year in France as part of the group exhibition "''Mon ami n'est pas d'ici''" at the [[Institut du Monde Arabe]]'s exhibition space in [[Tourcoing]], [{{Cite web|last=|date=2020-11-18|title=Archives 2021 I Mon ami n'est pas d'ici {{!}} IMA-Tourcoing|url=https://ima-tourcoing.fr/institut-monde-arabe-tourcoing/exposition-mon-ami-nest-pas-dici/|access-date=2022-01-09|website=IMA-Tourcoing {{!}} Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing|language=fr-FR}}] as well as at the festival "Les Rencontres à l'échelle" in Marseille. [{{Cite web|title=Mon ami n'est pas d'ici – صديقي ليس من هنا|url=https://www.lesrencontresalechelle.com/programmation/16eme-edition/mon-ami-n-est-pas-d-ici|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Les Rencontres à l'Échelle|language=fr}}] |
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In 2020, Basheer started a diploma course in [[photojournalism]] at the [[Danish School of Media and Journalism]] (DMJX) in [[Aarhus]] and was awarded a scholarship by The VII Foundation.[{{Cite web |title=International students selected for spring 2021 – DMJX photojournalism |url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2020/11/20/international-students-selected-for-spring-2021/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|last=The VII Foundation|title=Seeking to challenge complex social, economic, environmental and human rights issues through documentary non-fiction storytelling and education|url=https://theviifoundation.org/|access-date=2021-12-25|language=en-US}}] In addition, he obtained the [[Shahidul Alam]] Grant for the development of independent photojournalism by the Danish School of Media and Journalism.[{{Cite web|title=International students selected for fall 2020 term – DMJX photojournalism|url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2020/06/12/international-students-selected-for-fall-2020-term/|access-date=2021-12-25|language=en-US}}] |
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In 2020, Basheer started a diploma course in [[photojournalism]] at the [[Danish School of Media and Journalism]] (DMJX) in [[Aarhus]] and was awarded a scholarship by The VII Foundation.[{{Cite web |title=International students selected for spring 2021 – DMJX photojournalism |url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2020/11/20/international-students-selected-for-spring-2021/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web|last=The VII Foundation|title=Seeking to challenge complex social, economic, environmental and human rights issues through documentary non-fiction storytelling and education|url=https://theviifoundation.org/|access-date=2021-12-25|language=en-US}}] In addition, he obtained the [[Shahidul Alam]] Grant for the development of independent photojournalism by the Danish School of Media and Journalism.[{{Cite web|title=International students selected for fall 2020 term – DMJX photojournalism|url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2020/06/12/international-students-selected-for-fall-2020-term/|access-date=2021-12-25|language=en-US}}] |
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[[File:SALIH0000000.jpg|thumb|Exhibition of photographs at the [[Institut du Monde Arabe|Institut du Monde Arabe-Tourcoing]]]] |
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[[File:SALIH0000000.jpg|thumb|Exhibition of photographs at the [[Institut du Monde Arabe|Institut du Monde Arabe-Tourcoing]]]] |
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For the same visual story, Basheer was awarded the Everyday Projects Grant.[{{Cite web|last=The Everyday Projects|date=2021|title=2021 Grant – Salih Basheer|url=https://www.everydayprojects.org/grant|access-date=2021-12-25|website=The Everyday Projects|language=en-US}}] In 2022, he received another grant from AFAC through their visual arts program for ''22 Days in Between.[{{Cite web |date=2022-08-11 |title=Introducing AFAC's 2022 Visual Arts Grantees |url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/News/185 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.arabculturefund.org}}]'' His photographs were selected for the 2022 [[African Photography Encounters]] in [[Bamako]], Mali.[{{Cite web |last=African Biennial of Photography |date=2012 |title=African biennial of photography – Bamako encounters |url=https://www.rencontres-bamako.org/index.php/home/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website= |language=en-US}}] |
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For the same visual story, Basheer was awarded the Everyday Projects Grant.[{{Cite web|last=The Everyday Projects|date=2021|title=2021 Grant – Salih Basheer|url=https://www.everydayprojects.org/grant|access-date=2021-12-25|website=The Everyday Projects|language=en-US}}] In 2022, he received another grant from AFAC through their visual arts program for ''22 Days in Between.[{{Cite web |date=2022-08-11 |title=Introducing AFAC's 2022 Visual Arts Grantees |url=https://www.arabculturefund.org/News/185 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.arabculturefund.org}}]'' His photographs were selected for the 2022 [[African Photography Encounters]] in [[Bamako]], Mali.[{{Cite web |last=African Biennial of Photography |date=2012 |title=African biennial of photography – Bamako encounters |url=https://www.rencontres-bamako.org/index.php/home/ |access-date=2021-12-25 |website= |language=en-US}}] |
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In June 2022, the ''[[British Journal of Photography]]'' presented Basheer as one of 15 upcoming photographers to watch.[{{Cite web |last=Eleode |first=Emi |title=Salih Basheer's dreamlike images explore home, belonging and loss – 1854 Photography |url=https://www.1854.photography/2022/06/salih-basheer-ones-to-watch-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.1854.photography |language=en-GB}}] |
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In June 2022, the ''[[British Journal of Photography]]'' presented Basheer as one of 15 upcoming photographers to watch.[{{Cite web |last=Eleode |first=Emi |title=Salih Basheer's dreamlike images explore home, belonging and loss – 1854 Photography |url=https://www.1854.photography/2022/06/salih-basheer-ones-to-watch-2022/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.1854.photography |language=en-GB}}] In January 2023, Basheer published ''22 Days in Between'', the first ever [[photo-book]] by a Sudanese photographer, that evokes his early childhood and memories of his parents, who died within the period of 22 days, when Basheer was only 3 years old. An article in the ''British Journal of Photography'' described this photo-book as an "introspective narrative [...] explored through various formats: personal writing, self-portraits, archive images, and drawings that Basheer drew recently but from the perspective of a child – to uphold the idea that he is still a kid longing to bond with his parents."[{{Cite web |last=Durie |first=Alexander |title=Salih Basheer gathers memories from before his parents' death|url=https://www.1854.photography/2023/03/salih-basheer-gathers-memories-from-before-his-parents-death/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.1854.photography |language=en-GB}}] In his review in ''The Washington Post'', Kenneth Dickerman said:[{{Cite news |date=2023-03-03 |title=Perspective {{!}} This book is a profound meditation on memory and identity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2023/03/03/this-book-is-profound-meditation-memory-identity/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}]{{Blockquote|text=This is a remarkable book that plumbs the depths of memory and the building blocks of identity. It is a gem. It'll suck you in and is a profound excavation of what it means to be human, pitfalls, elation, misery and sadness combined.|author=|title=|source=}} |
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In January 2023, Basheer published ''22 Days in Between'', the first ever [[photo-book]] by a Sudanese photographer, that evokes his early childhood and memories of his parents, who died within the period of 22 days, when Basheer was only 3 years old. An article in the ''British Journal of Photography'' described this photo-book as an "introspective narrative [...] explored through various formats: personal writing, self-portraits, archive images, and drawings that Basheer drew recently but from the perspective of a child – to uphold the idea that he is still a kid longing to bond with his parents."[{{Cite web |last=Durie |first=Alexander |title=Salih Basheer gathers memories from before his parents' death|url=https://www.1854.photography/2023/03/salih-basheer-gathers-memories-from-before-his-parents-death/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=www.1854.photography |language=en-GB}}] In his review in ''The Washington Post'', Kenneth Dickerman said:[{{Cite news |date=2023-03-03 |title=Perspective {{!}} This book is a profound meditation on memory and identity |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2023/03/03/this-book-is-profound-meditation-memory-identity/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}]{{Blockquote|text=This is a remarkable book that plumbs the depths of memory and the building blocks of identity. It is a gem. It'll suck you in and is a profound excavation of what it means to be human, pitfalls, elation, misery and sadness combined.|author=|title=|source=}} |
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== Publications == |
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*2021, W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Student Grant |
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*2021, W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Student Grant |
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*2021, Everyday Projects Grant[{{Cite web |title=Salih Basheer win The Everyday Projects Grant – DMJX photojournalism |url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2021/08/27/salih-basheer-win-the-everyday-projects-grant/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}] |
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*2021, Everyday Projects Grant[{{Cite web |title=Salih Basheer win The Everyday Projects Grant – DMJX photojournalism |url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2021/08/27/salih-basheer-win-the-everyday-projects-grant/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=en-US}}] |
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*2019, Arab Documentary Photography Program, [[Magnum Foundation]][{{Cite web|title=Announcing the 2019 Arab Documentary Photography Program Grantees|url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2019/7/9/announcing-the-2019-arab-documentary-photography-program-grantees|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Magnum Foundation|language=en-US}}] & the [[Prince Claus Fund]] |
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*2019, Arab Documentary Photography Program, Magnum Foundation[{{Cite web|title=Announcing the 2019 Arab Documentary Photography Program Grantees|url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2019/7/9/announcing-the-2019-arab-documentary-photography-program-grantees|access-date=2021-12-25|website=Magnum Foundation|language=en-US}}] & the Prince Claus Fund |
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*2022, AFAC Visual Arts Program |
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*2022, AFAC Visual Arts Program |
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*2022, Tasweer, The Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards[{{Cite web |title=]Winner Announcement |url=https://www.tasweer.qa/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Tasweer |language=en |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811173032/https://www.tasweer.qa/ |url-status=dead }} |
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*2022, Tasweer, The Sheikh [[Saud bin Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani|Saoud Al Thani]] Awards[{{Cite web |title=Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project Award 2022 - Tasweer |url=https://tasweer.org.qa/en/awards/2022-ssat-project-award/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529001755/https://tasweer.org.qa/en/awards/2022-ssat-project-award/ |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=tasweer.org.qa |language=en}}] |
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*2022, Counter Histories initiative grant, Magnum Foundation[{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2022 Counter Histories Grantees |url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2022-counter-histories-grantees |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Magnum Foundation |language=en-US}}] |
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*2022, Counter Histories initiative grant, Magnum Foundation[{{Cite web |title=Announcing the 2022 Counter Histories Grantees |url=https://www.magnumfoundation.org/news/2022-counter-histories-grantees |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Magnum Foundation |language=en-US}}] |
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*2022, [[Contemporary African Photography Prize]], Shortlist[{{Cite web |title=CAP Prize – International Prize for Contemporary African Photography |url=https://www.capprize.com/landing/shortlist2022 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=CAP Prize |language=en-US}}] |
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*2022, [[Contemporary African Photography Prize]], Shortlist[{{Cite web |title=CAP Prize – International Prize for Contemporary African Photography |url=https://www.capprize.com/landing/shortlist2022 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=CAP Prize |language=en-US}}] |
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