Open Theme nominee

I looked into the future to show the present. I am from Syria, there is a terrible war in my homeland. Children who have lived this terrible war, what memories of childhood will they have?
On the wall we see a boy, on the street, around the destruction of the house. And the man who sit here is the boy but in the future.
The past and the future tense they last forever, but the present tense ends quickly, but also the present tense creates the past and the future

Tamer Mallak was born in Damascus, Syria in 1984. Tamer’s father was a sculptor, and it has later influenced his choice of the artistic path.

In 2002 entered the Art Academy in Damascus, Faculty of Painting. There he acquired artistic skills for understanding the space of the picture. After the second year, he decided to change the profession. In 2005 Tamer entered the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, Faculty of film and television production.

In 2010 he received a diploma of director of photography. After that, he returned to Syria to work as a production director.

In 2012 due to hostilities in his homeland, he returned to Belarus.

Here using the photo manipulation technique, Tamer began to create works that react to events in his native country. Through images, he tried to create visual representations of the horror of war. All the works related to the war were passing the message to the world about what is happening in Syria.

Tamer also began to analyze other social and philosophical topics. This hobby has become a passion and, ultimately, a profession. Photography for Tamer is a space which conveys his emotions.

Tamer worked in Minsk as the production director in two