Omar Ashour is a Riyadh-based photographer and visual artist who approaches photography as a form of anthropological inquiry and storytelling.

His practice is rooted in a fascination with human presence and the relationship between people and their surroundings.

Through careful observation of cultural nuances, overlooked details, and the traces people leave behind, he constructs visual narratives that explore the character of a place and the lives within it.

His photographic projects and photobooks serve as visual archives, preserving fragments of human experience that might otherwise go undocumented.