Born and raised in Damascus, he earned his foundational training at his father’s photographic studio, where he spent all his childhood vacations and where he worked full-time for twelve years after high school. In 2010 he completed a BFA in Photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam and won the Steenbergen Stipendium, Netherlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. In 2012 he won the Abraaj Group Art Prize, Dubai. His works form part of collections at the Tate Modern, London, Mori Museum, Tokyo, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Modena, Italy, Fondazione Cari Spezia, La Spezia, Italy, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, The Khalid Shoman Collection, Amman and The Farjam Collection, Dubai.