Roger Anis
masters of Photography & Society
Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Specialisms: Photography / Film / Storytelling
Location: Den Haag, Netherlands
Roger Anis
First Name: Roger
Last Name: Anis
Specialisms: Photography / Film / Storytelling
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My Location: Den Haag, Netherlands
University / College: Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Course / Program Title: masters of Photography & Society
About
Roger Anis is an Egyptian documentary photographer and visual researcher. He has been working as a photojournalist in Egypt since 2010, documenting the changes and unrest in the country using photography and moving images to tell social human stories. Recently, his focus has been on telling stories about bodies of water, from the Nile River in Africa to the Mediterranean, extending to the Netherlands where he obtained his master's degree in 2024 from the Royal Academy of Arts in the Hague. His focus is on the Nile River, myth, and rituals in shaping the understanding of water and human connections to bodies of water. Roger's work has been exhibited and published in Egypt and internationally in different festivals and museums, including Foto España Festival, The Hermitage Museum, Institute Du Monde Arabe, The New York Times, TIME magazine, Le Monde, and De Volkskrant.
Our ancestors in the Pharaonic civilisation revered natural elements, sun, water, and earth, among others, as divinities. Their conception of life was intimately linked to the elements; destabilising the elements would be tantamount to destabilising their own existence. They sanctified these resources, offering sacrifices, celebrating, and praying to ensure nature's kindness towards humans. Centuries later, we finally realised that their relationship with their environment was fairer than ours is today. Nowadays, the Nile, one of the longest rivers in the world, is shared by eleven African countries and faces numerous environmental and geopolitical challenges. It is also one of the top 10 rivers contributing to the plastic waste in the ocean. In "Where is the Bride of the Nile," I go on search for a modern-day Bride of the Nile and the contemporary rituals that could emerge from this ancient myth that is tightly linked to the river. .What would the Bride of the Nile look like now? Can this new myth bring back reverence for the river, a source of life for millions?
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