Yehia El Alaily

Yehia El Alaily is an Egyptian/ British commercial photographer based in Cairo, Egypt. Since specializing in commercial photography in 2005, Alaily has worked with several local and international clients, and is currently agent represented. His commercial portfolio covers a wide range of trends: conceptual, lifestyle, people, nature and architecture, but his keynote project remains the Birds of Egypt which he started in 2005. His interest in photo- documenting bird migration in Egypt has taken Alaily across Egypt in pursuit of different bird species across the country. This ongoing project has established him as a contributing photographer with Christopher Helm Publishers. Meanwhile, his commercial and editorial work has been published by The food print 2012 and 2013, Intercontinental hotels, Hilton worldwide, Notting Hill Theater, Sanctuary retreats, Hyper allergic art mag, Abercrombie & Kent and Henkel among others.

2012

Cairo analog portraits

15 November-15 December 2012

In tribute to the history of studio photographic practice in Egypt; On Photography, at Studio Viennoise an exhibition in Downtown Cairo


Egypt World Heritage Sites- See the Different in Egypt

September 2012

Intercontinental Hotel Cairo in collaboration with the national geographic society and the UNESCO(show case for the responsible business week)

200 faces

May 2012

The photographic Angel, London-Swindon-Birmingham-Bristol, UK (Group exhibition)

Vernacular photography

April-May 2012

The photographic Angel, London-Birmingham, UK (Group exhibition)

2011

The other side of Sinai

October 2011

Intercontinental Hotel Cairo in collaboration with the national geographic society (show case for the responsible business week)


La Luta continua

May 2011

Side gallery, New Castle upon Tyne, UK (Group exhibition)



Our revolution, our songs

April 2011

Tache art gallery, Cairo, Egypthttp://www.tacheart.com/blog/03/2011/thawretna-souretna/