Of kurdish and arabic origins, half Turk by choice, Azzedine Jamal likes to define himself as a 21st century Orientalist. But unlike Delacroix or Ingres who painted ottoman fantasies, he chose to shoot actual middle-eastern people: turkish construction workers, syrian rebels, qatari dockers, Istanbul party girls or kurdish women demonstrators… His artistic ambition involves sharp, impressive self-portraits, embodying his cardinal values: manhood, strength, pride, brotherhood. Born in Paris, France, Azzedine Jamal is now also living in the europe, where he found new cities, new faces and new de...

Of kurdish and arabic origins, half Turk by choice, Azzedine Jamal likes to define himself as a 21st century Orientalist. But unlike Delacroix or Ingres who painted ottoman fantasies, he chose to shoot actual middle-eastern people: turkish construction workers, syrian rebels, qatari dockers, Istanbul party girls or kurdish women demonstrators… His artistic ambition involves sharp, impressive self-portraits, embodying his cardinal values: manhood, strength, pride, brotherhood. Born in Paris, France, Azzedine Jamal is now also living in the europe, where he found new cities, new faces and new deserts to photograph. There as in the Middle-East, he’s driving for a never-ending road-trip