ART WITH HEART
HOW DO ARTISTS view work?
Take Mustafa Saeed, a self-taught Somali photographer and creative based in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, for whom work is therapy.
For him, with the stress of a deadline comes euphoria, and his favorite aspect in combining different mediums to explore socio-political issues? The whole process itself – from pre-production to the camerawork, and post-production design.
Saeed grew up first in Saudi Arabia – where his parents met – watching the commercials his mother taped to VHS, and reading the free magazines that came with the newspapers his father bought. This was the first arty inspiration, marveling at the lay-outs of the publications and listening to catchy jingles. They returned to
