Mimo Khair Creative

I currently have the honor of exhibiting my work at the Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, where my photographs are on view from January 29 through February 4 in the gallery of the The Big Heart Foundation. Being part of this festival, surrounded by photographers and visual storytellers from around the world, is both grounding and deeply inspiring.

The exhibition presents six images created during fieldwork with the Big Heart Foundation in Jordan, Malawi, Kenya, and Bangladesh, photographed between October and December 2025. These images emerged from extended time spent with displaced communities, moments shaped by trust, presence, and shared experience. Working in these contexts continues to remind me of the responsibility that comes with documenting lives shaped by displacement, resilience, and everyday continuity.

This collaboration has also resulted in the book Carrying Home, which brings together photographs from these four locations. The book and the exhibition are closely connected, offering different ways of engaging with the same visual narratives and the places where they were made.

It has been a particular honor to present this work to Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmad Al Qasimi, whose continued support of culture, education, and humanitarian initiatives underscores the importance of visual storytelling in creating dialogue and understanding.

Xposure itself is a remarkable gathering. Beyond the exhibitions, it is a space for exchange, reflection, and learning, where conversations with fellow photographers reaffirm the power of the medium and its ability to move between art, documentation, and social engagement.

I am sharing the images exhibited in the gallery, along with some photographs from the festival itself. I am grateful to everyone who has visited the exhibition so far, to the Big Heart Foundation for their trust and collaboration, and above all to the communities in Jordan, Malawi, Kenya, and Bangladesh who allowed me into their lives and spaces.