Romany introduces another remarkable addition to his artistic journey where he presents a set of artworks all having the black and white theme, pictures of places that have a lot of stories behind them. He shows through his art how precious a place is only because of the memories and stories people leave behind.

Looking at the pictures, you find yourself faced with so many questions about the places, the people who ever lived here, and the stories that could possibly have happened in that place. The artworks engage the viewer to look for answers to so many questions Romany poses via his pictures. Even when people are shown in the pictures, there is still so much vagueness around them, and we are left clueless about many details. This adds excitement and emotion to the experience of viewing his pictures.

About the Artist

Romany Hafez is a visual artist and creative brander, he lives and works in Cairo, Egypt. He studied creativity, innovation, and design at the Cairo School of Applied Arts, Helwan University in the nineties, alongside the sciences of Coptic language and heritage. During his expeditious journey, which spans slightly over 15 years, he has been exploring the origins and foundations of practices that have gradually faded across two millennia. Hafez has developed a new typeface that resorts back to the local ancestry of ancient Coptic art and language. His work includes photographic and textual documentation, in addition to teaching his research findings as well as the Coptic language to younger generations of artists and researchers.