Hashim Nasr's photography now uses red fabric to symbolize trauma, loss, and bloodshed due to the ongoing war in Sudan. His earlier works challenged masculinity stereotypes with floral imagery, but now focus on surreal representations of displacement through anonymous figures in traditional attire. His project On War and Displacement conveys the experience of Sudanese in exile, as they witness the news of destruction from afar. Nasr expresses a newfound responsibility to document this humanitarian crisis and its personal impact on his family, emphasizing the weight of voicing their struggles.
In one of his recent works, two figures sit in front of a TV from which a length of red fabric flows out towards them. 'Me and my family are always stuck in front of TV, watching news of what's happening in Sudan,' says Nasr, who now lives in Egypt. But, he adds: 'All you get from TV is news of destruction, blood and loss.'
War has also transformed how the dentist turned photographer views his work: from a form of personal creative expression to a tool for raising awareness about the situation in his country, which the UN calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis. 'I feel this heavy weight on me to speak up. I need to express who I am and the impact this war has on me as a person [and] my family,' he says.
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