PROJECTS

By Louis Barthélemy
September 04, 2021

Bab-al-Louq, downtown Cairo. On a rooftop near the centre of this vast city’s urban sprawl, a group of young athletes,...

By Louis Barthélemy
August 20, 2021

Marrakech. On the edge of the Medina, in the leatherworking quarter, an artisan and his apprentice take narrow strips of...

By Louis Barthélemy
January 21, 2021

Fowah is a small delta town, cradled by a meander of the Lower Nile as it flows seawards. The weaving...

By Louis Barthélemy
January 21, 2021

Near Bab Zuweila, one of three town gates that survive from the Cairo of the Fatimid dynasty, a khayamiya maker...

By Louis Barthélemy
January 20, 2021

Damascus. In the suburb of Harasta, a skilled craftsman called Abo Jawad carries on the ancient, dying art of arabesque...

By Louis Barthélemy
January 20, 2021

Drawing is central to Louis Barthelemy’s artistic practice. Some of his illustrations are studies for tapestries, scarves or kilims. Others...

By Louis Barthélemy
January 15, 2021

A green oasis surrounded by the barren expanse of Egypt’s Western Desert, Siwa is a precious unicum, a world of...