About

Landscape and documentary photographer and free spirit intrigued by the how and why of everything. Exhibitions include the International Museum of Women, LoosenArt in Rome, Art Soiree's Women in the Arts, and Nuit Cirque DC.

My artwork is inspired by our shared humanity, the fluidity of identity, and conscious presence.  As a multiracial American who’s lived around the world, navigating identities has always been an amorphous and fluid experience.  I believe the lines we humans draw between us are illusory barriers based upon fear of the “other."  My documentary work aims to convey our commonalities as fellow human beings in need of the same things: love, peace, joy, sustenance, shelter, security, opportunity — and to be fully seen and heard. My Ethereal Dreams series blurs the lines between photography and painting as a commentary on visual illusions and constructed realities.

Additional photography-related activities include serving as Managing Director of FotoWeek DC, an annual photography festival, and producing competitions, exhibitions, lectures, portfolio reviews, projections, and galas at galleries, museums, and embassies throughout the DC area.

CONTACT

For archival prints (framing available) or to commission landscape, documentary, commercial, or human rights photographs, among others, email me at maha (at) mahaalkhateeb (dot) com.