PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWCASE

Hussam Sleiby

30 January – 20 February 2021

Showcasing Hussam Seliby’s still-life photographs. It’s a body of work, which its elements been collected from all around us, house gardens plants and vintage items used by Jordanian households decades ago, all together in a photograph.

Hussam Sleiby

Hussam Sleiby is a dentist and oral surgeon by profession, and an enthusiast photographer for the last four years. He started his artistic journey early in life by drawing, painting, and sculpting. He discovered photography as an art medium a few years ago, and since then he has been experimenting with different subjects and techniques trying to develop a style of his own. His previous knowledge in creative elements helped in advancing and honing his photography skills. About a year ago, his passion for still life art re-emerged, and he started developing a painterly photography style inspired by the artworks of old masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The result was fine art still life images that tell a visual story. Some of the images he creates tell a personal story, while others create a nostalgic mood transferring the viewer to a time when life was much simpler and less complex.

The subjects of his images are all local products, some of which are grown at home, and vintage items used by Jordanian households decades ago. The flowers depicted in the photographs are all collected from house gardens and sidewalks of Amman streets showing a great variety in the vegetation still present in the city.