Based in Amsterdam, Samira Kafala is a British/Libyan photographer whose work is characterised by a warmth and openness that stems from her deep fascination for people. She is motivated by an unwavering curiosity for the worlds they create and the spaces they inhabit.
‘I make pictures so I can watch people, I am delighted and astonished by the everyday stories that cross my path, I’m deeply moved by them, and when I look through the lens I am filled with wonder, the world becomes more alive, more meaningful. '
Samira works as a commercial photographer for clients in Amsterdam and for editorial publications including The Times, The Wall Street Journal, de Volkskrant, British Journal of Photography and Libération. She has self-published two books, Yugen, a photographic exploration of impermanence and The Kafalas, a book of images selected from a 50-year-old archive of Kodachrome slides taken by her British grandfather of her childhood in Libya.
