Abdo Shanan

abshanan@gmail.com

Abdo Shanan was born in 1982 in Oran, Algeria to a Sudanese father and an Algerian mother. Abdo studied Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Sirte, Libya until 2006.

In 2012, he undertook an internship at Magnum Photos Paris, which gave him the opportunity to reflect on his photographic approach. In 2015, Abdo received a nomination for Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund, the Same year he co-founded collective220, a collective for Algerian photographers.

A year later in 2016 his series 'Diary:Exile' was selected by the Addis Fotofest.

Abdo in 2019 won The CAP Prize(Contemporary African Photography) for his project “Dry”, in the same year he is selected for Joop Swart Masterclass by World Press Photo.

In 2020,he is a winner of The Premi Mediterrani Albert Camus Incipiens, In the same year he co-curated “Narratives from Algeria” at Pasquar Photoforum in Bienne, Switzerland. In 2022, he is one of Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Awards for his project “A Little Louder”.