Adel Al Quraishi Author

Adel Al Quraishi is a self-taught visual artist born in the Saudi Arabian city of Al Khobar in 1968. Al Quraishi showed an interest in photography from an early age and set about capturing the world around him. Through the guidance of friend and mentor, Brazilian photographer Humberto da Silveira, Al Quraishi began to pursue his interest in becoming a photographer full-time in 1991, often employing analogue large-format cameras and Canon digital cameras. In addition to being a renowned landscape photographer, Al Quraishi’s particular interest is photographing people and seeing beyond what is immediately gleaned from a first, cursory glance. He is now established as one of his country’s leading photographers.