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October 2007: "Wired: 20 Years in Photojournalism" by Aladin Abdel Naby
This exhibit brought together Abdel Naby's work over the last ten years at Reuters News Agency in Egypt. The color photos reflected different aspects of daily life, hard news and soft features, each with its own special memory and emotional experience.
November 2007: “River Man” by John Feeney
The Sony Gallery for Photography in association with the New Zealand Embassy presented a collection of photographs taken by John Feeney. Feeney lived for 40 years in Cairo and was known as a photographer, film producer, writer, gourmet cook and storyteller. His photographs depicted Egypt’s epic grandeur such as the historic pictures of Gamel Abdel Nasser’s funeral cortege leaving Qasr al-Nil Bridge, as well as aspects of the country rarely dealt with. This exhibition was opened by the New Zealand Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark, during her visit to Egypt to open the new New Zealand Embassy.
February 2008: “The Shape of Light” by Reem Al Faisal
The thirty-five black and white photographs of this show explore the light of nature and the light of the heart. Through her photographs, Al Faisal seeks to show signs of the Divine, “For me, my photography is a way to praise God’s glory in the universe.”
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