Running across the walls of the EES building for the full month, Behind the Scenes is a group photography exhibition that centres the Egyptian workers whose labour has sustained the archaeology and tourism industries, and whose stories have rarely made it into the archive. Contemporary photographs submitted by Egyptian diaspora photographers through an open call are shown in direct dialogue with historical images from the EES's own photographic archive: excavation photographs, field portraits, and documentary images spanning the society's 140-year history. Curated by Egyptian photographer and anthropologist Halima Ibrahim (University of Oxford), the exhibition highlights the hidden hands of the Egyptology industry.
Call for Egyptian Photographers
Hekayyatna are looking for Egyptian photographers! Selected work will be exhibited and sold at the Egypt Exploration Society in the Behind the Scenes photography exhibition in London throughout June 2026, in dialogue with archival photographs from the EES's collections.
Venue
The Egypt Exploration Society
3 Doughty Mews
London
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Booking and information
This exhibition will be available throughout EES Fest in June 2026. Browse during any one of our in-person events scheduled during this time at the EES London Office or visit during our drop-in sessions on Thursdays between 13:30 and 16:30. Please ensure that you have read our guide to attending EES events before the event begins.
