Thomas Hartwell is a Cairo-based photographer. He has spent over 30 years in the Middle East shooting news, features and documentary assignments. His images have appeared on the covers and pages of international and regional publications and in galleries in America, Europe and the Middle East.

Hartwell has taught at universities and schools in Egypt, Texas and Algeria. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Contemporary Image Collective (CIC), an Egyptian NGO that promotes professional practices in visual arts through a multi-disciplinary program of exhibits, workshops, lectures, residencies and screenings.