Who I Follow: Ashraf Hamdi

Coming into prominence with his original mini-series for MBC Action, Classified, Jack of all trades Ashraf Hamdi is currently shooting as one of the main roles in the Hefzy-produced, Mohammed Diab-directed post-revolution thriller Clash. Actor, director and photographer, the silverscreen heart-throb has amassed a huge following on social media with his whimsical cinematic photography, behind-the-scene snippets and the mandatory stylish selfie or ten. But when not pretending to be someone else, who is Ashraf Hamdi? Here he lets us in on which Instagram accounts he's flicking through for inspiration on set... (You can follow him at @AshrafHamdiWorld)

@Cesinha - A photographer from Brazil who posts pictures taken with his iPhone yet they look like they're shot on film. He creates nice creative ideas for each picture, and his editing always looks great.

 UPDATE

O amor na sombra não fica

A photo posted by César Ovalle (@cesinha) on Apr 15, 2015 at 7:52am PDT

ADDP - A female cinematographer. She posts pictures and stills from the movies she films plus other personal pics. I like her cinematography stills and I always want to keep updated with her indie movies.

 

shadow boy | gili islands | #bali

A photo posted by Autumn Durald (@addp) on Apr 18, 2015 at 6:15pm PDT

@Papa2 Another cinematographer originally from Greece but a US resident. He has amazing stills from more famous movies and his editing and framing are just gorgeous and inspiring.

 

A photo posted by Phedon Papamichael, ASC, GSC (@papa2) on Jan 25, 2015 at 11:03pm PST

@chivexp My favourite, and the cinematographer of Gravity, Birdman and all the Terrance Malik movies; pretty much all my favourite films, but actually when he posts, he posts interesting pictures captured from locations while filming, which are pictures you don't see in his films... so it gives you an extra artistic fix.

 

MK.

A photo posted by @chivexp on Jan 12, 2015 at 9:34am PST

@evanlane Great photographer mostly with models and landscapes. He has a unique style in capturing pictures that say a lot. His editing is great.

 

A photo posted by Evan Lane (@evanlane) on Mar 27, 2015 at 8:18am PDT

@el_mustachios - Mainly for his videos, because his cinematography and direction is a bit similar to mine and I love to keep updated with his work.

 

Philip Glass is perfect, except that he forgot an "L" in his name.

A video posted by Phillip Lopez (@el_mustachios) on Apr 18, 2015 at 2:17pm PDT

@thefancyriot - An interesting, sexy, artsy woman who is living on the go, journeying with her boyfriend, @kennysweeney411, who always takes pictures of her body parts or quarters of her body, as well as her photography that is very nomadic and unorganised yet you see something interesting in it.

 

She wanted to be drawn 
in charcoal or pencil or pastels. 
No, that’s not right… 
She wanted to be raised 
from emptiness, from a white page, 
from the stretched sheets of her bed 
by fingers with a plan, by someone 
unafraid of the mess of love 
or the ecstasy of art.

A photo posted by lindsay heuer (@thefancyriot) on Apr 5, 2015 at 11:38pm PDT

@stayklassi - Gorgeous face.

 

Missing @comfortably___numb #foggyday #vibes

A photo posted by Kassi Smith (@stayklassi) on Mar 18, 2015 at 6:30pm PDT

@brittneyromilda (private account) - A South African beauty.

@Allsaintslive - My favourite clothing brand that I always want to keep updated with, plus they post great, gritty pics of their clothing.

 

RIPPED (JEANS) & STACKED (CHAIRS) SINGER. #AllSaintsBTS #AllSaintsEastLondon #Rathborne

A photo posted by ALLSAINTS (@allsaintslive) on Apr 11, 2015 at 1:55pm PDT

Main Photo By Adel Ashoub