Mohamed Hassan, Our Hidden Room Hiraeth Alexandria Egypt, 2023 - Courtesy of the artist and Fotografia Europea.
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Our Hidden Room
30/04/2026 - 14/06/2026
Fotografia Europea
Cloisters of San Pietro
via Emilia San Pietro, 44/c
Reggio Emilia
https://www.fotografiaeuropea.it/mostre/mohamed-hassan/#
Our Hidden Room is a photographic project that tells a story: the fragmented history of the complex yet profound affection between the artist and his father, also a photographer. Blending photography and narrative, it unfolds as a raw and intimate exploration of family, memory, and loss. During the artist's childhood in Egypt, his father often behaved erratically, hiding from the outside world, increasingly obsessed with a small darkroom hidden in the family home. This physical and psychological space had become a place of solitude, obsession, and an unspoken battle. At a time when mental illness was little known and highly stigmatized, his father's condition—suffering from bipolar disorder—long remained misunderstood, leading him to contemplate suicide.
30/04/2026 - 14/06/2026
Fotografia Europea
Cloisters of San Pietro
via Emilia San Pietro, 44/c
Reggio Emilia
https://www.fotografiaeuropea.it/mostre/mohamed-hassan/#
Our Hidden Room is a photographic project that tells a story: the fragmented history of the complex yet profound affection between the artist and his father, also a photographer. Blending photography and narrative, it unfolds as a raw and intimate exploration of family, memory, and loss. During the artist's childhood in Egypt, his father often behaved erratically, hiding from the outside world, increasingly obsessed with a small darkroom hidden in the family home. This physical and psychological space had become a place of solitude, obsession, and an unspoken battle. At a time when mental illness was little known and highly stigmatized, his father's condition—suffering from bipolar disorder—long remained misunderstood, leading him to contemplate suicide.