Fine Print: Flying bird over the view of Cairo sky from El Mokattam hills. Cairo, Egypt, 2019 Paper size:16 x 20 in (40 x 50 cm) Born to Greek immigrant parents

Born to Greek immigrant parents in the American South

a city becomes attractive at night

At the age of 17

An expert in his field

Fine Print: Flying bird over the view of Cairo sky from El Mokattam hills. Cairo, Egypt, 2019 Paper size:16 x 20 in (40 x 50 cm) Born to Greek immigrant parentsSalih Basheer, born in 1995 in Omdurman, is a Sudanese photographer. After finishing high school in Sudan, he moved to Cairo in 2013 and received his Bachelors degree in Geography from Cairo University in 2017. During his studies in Egypt, he started as a self taught photographer, and subsequently studied photojournalism in Denmark. In 2021, Basheer received the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund student grant for his personal project 22 Days in Between.