
LAURA EL-TANTAWY
EXPERIENCE

WATCH: Interview NOORDERLICHT photofestival 2010
WATCH: On Assignment Thailand 9 Days in the Kingdom
AWARDS
- 2011: HM Lens Culture International Exposure Awards, "In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt"
- 2011: Finalist Prix Bayeux-Calvados des Correspondants de Guerre
- 2011: Finalist, Ian Parry Scholarship
- 2011: Finalist, BURN magazine Emerging Photographer Fund (EPF), "In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt"
- 2011: selected, Review Santa Fe, "I'll Die For You"
- 2010: Finalist, Visura Spotlight Grant, "I'll Die For You"
- 2010: Finalist, Photocrati Fund 2010, "I'll Die For You"
- 2009: HM, London International Creative Competition (LICC), "Eve: A Portrait of Women in Male Dominated Societies"
- 2008: HM, International Photography Awards (IPA), "I CRY"
- 2008: HM, International Photography Awards (IPA), "Stay Another Day"
- 2008: HM, Winephoto contest, Italy.
EXHIBITIONS
- 2011: New Delhi Photo Festival "I'll Die For You: suicide in rural india" (October 15-28, 2011) - New Delhi, India
- 2011: Group show "Arab Revolutions" / Third Floor Gallery (July 30 - September 4, 2011) - Cardiff, Whales, UK
- 2011: "I'll Die For You: suicide in rural india" solo show & film screening (June 25-29, 2011) / The Chainstore - London, UK
- 2011: "I'll Die For You: suicide in rural india" solo show Reciprocity Studio, (June 3-July 5, 2011) - Vermont, USA
- 2011: "Egypt Revolution" Tache Gallery (April 2-30, 2011) - Cairo, Egypt
- 2011: The Northwall (April 4-23, 2011) - Oxford, UK
- 2010: NY Photo Festival's "Humankind", Powerhouse Arena, New York (December 17 - February 6, 2011) - USA
- 2010: Reflexions Masterclass group exhibition during Paris Photo - France
- 2010: 17th Noorderlicht Photofestival, "I'll Die For You" - Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
- 2010: Bedfordbury Gallery, Covent Garden, "The Veil" - London, UK.
- 2009: Burn Gallery, Brooklyn, NYC.
- 2008: Lucca Digital photo fest 2007 - Italy.
- 2007: ZEN Gallery, "Thailand: 9 Days in the Kingdom" - Bangkok, Thailand.
PUBLICATIONS
- 2012: Orion Magazine "Fallowed Lives: A Growing India Leaves its Farmers in the Dust" (January/February 2012 issue) - USA
- 2011: BURN magazine "Reda Abdelaziz Mohamed" - USA
- 2011: TIME Lightbox, "The Veil: Rich with Elegance and Controversy" - USA
- 2011: The Times Sunday Magazine / Spectrum, "Ian Parry Scholarship Finalist 2011" - UK
- 2011: New York Times Lens blog, "I'll Die For You" - USA
- 2011: GUP magazine, "The Veil" - The Netherlands
- 2011: International Herald Tribune(IHT) Global Agenda magazine, "Witness to Revolution" - France
- 2011: British Journal of Photography, "Laura El-Tantawy's New Chapter" - UK
- 2011: Sowar magazine, "Egypt Revolution 2011" - Lebanon
- 2011: EYEMAZING, "I'll Die For You" - The Netherlands
- 2011: BURN magazine, "Egypt: Struggle for Liberation" - USA
- 2010: BURN magazine, "I'll Die For You" - USA
- 2010: fLIP magazine, "I'll Die For You" - UK
- 2010: Mois de La Photo A Paris - FRANCE
- 2010: BURN01, "Fervent Spirits" - USA
- 2010: "LAND: Country Life in the Urban Age" - The Netherlands
- 2010: Fotovisura, "I'll Die For You" - USA
- 2010: Visura Magazine spotlight, "The Veil" - USA
- 2009: Bangkok 101 magazine: photofeature "A Glimpse of Thai-ness." - THAILAND
- 2009: BURN magazine, "Fervent Spirits" - USA
- 2009: Eleanor magazine, "Eve" - USA
- 2008: National Geographic magazine: "Dying to Be Green" - USA
- 2008: Harper's Magazine: "The Mummy's Curse" - USA
- 2006: Saudi Aramco World Magazine: "An Oasis in the Balance" - SAUDI ARABIA
- 2003: Super-Size Problem, a four-day series studying the problem of obesity in America published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - USA
PERSONAL PROJECTS
- IN THE SHADOW OF THE PYRAMIDS: EGYPT (ongoing)
- THE VEIL - ongoing
- FERVENT SPIRITS
- SMILE ME HELLO
- STAY ANOTHER DAY
- STROLLING SENEGAMBIA
- FOUR SEASONS IN ONE DAY
- POSTCARDS FROM AMAZONIA
- 2008 ITALIAN INSTITUTE OF CULTURE, France
- 2009 TEATRO LA FENICE, Italy
- 2010 ACTES SUD PUBLISHER, France
- 2010 NOVARTIS CAMPUS, Switzerland
- 2010 MAISON EUROPEENE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, France