Muzaffar Salman
Muzaffar Salman, a Syrian photographer and photo editor born in Homs in 1976, has spent his career exploring the intersections of memory, conflict, and identity through photography. He began at Al-Watan newspaper and later worked with the Associated Press and Reuters. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions Punctum in Damascus (2010) and Aleppo Point Zero in Paris (2015), and is held in the collections of the British Museum and the Atassi Foundation. In 2025, he self-published his latest photobook, MOTHER, DREAMER & SNIPER, a visual exploration of contemporary Syrian identity.
Mother, Dreamer and Sniper: reflections of a Syrian photographer
27 November 2025
Documentary photography and introspective narrative in a self-published book exploring contemporary Syrian identity.
In search of the best picture in the world
22 January 2021
That picture was the only boat that carried me to the past and reconnected me, sensually rather than metaphorically, with what was taken away from me. The picture from my...
