Photographer & filmmaker
Born in Cairo in 1981, based in Paris. Photographer, visual artist and director of photography.

With my camera, as with a pencil, I draw the moment that will never come again: a movement, a light, a shadow, a presence.
The way a body expresses itself in movement, on stage or off, mirrors the soul: a whole life, and what lies deepest within us.
Between Paris and Cairo, my eye follows dancers, the street and the play of shadow and light, in search of the spontaneous moments that give each image its singularity. As a photographer and visual artist I also explore video art, and I work as a director of photography on documentary films. My work has been shown in several solo exhibitions in France and Egypt.
Behind the camera
Director of photography and camera operator on documentary films, festivals and live shows.
- 2024
Director of photography
Dreaming Big
Directed by Hisham Abdelkhalek
Documentary film produced by Al Jazeera Documentary.
- 2023
Director of photography
The Middle Beast
Bassem Youssef show
Documenting the stand-up comedy tour on its journey around the world.
- 2017
Director of photography
Visions d'exil
Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris
Director of photography for the Visions d'exil festival.
- 2016
Cameraman
Syrian refugees
Directed by Vanessa Rousselot
Documentary about Syrian refugees.
- 2014
Cameraman
Sheikh Imam
Directed by Sherif El Moghazy
Documentary about the Egyptian singer Sheikh Imam.
Written about
Broadcasts, interviews and exhibition pages about Medhat’s work.
- Television
Al Araby TV · June 2026
Familiar Blur in Cairo: blur and longing as the memory of a place
Watch on Al Araby TV (opens in a new tab) - Television
France 24 · Oct 2018
Egyptian photographer Medhat Soody: photographing a dancer’s movement is a challenge
Watch on France 24 (opens in a new tab)
- Interview · June 2026The hunterRead on Al-Ahram Weekly (opens in a new tab)
- Interview · June 2026Medhat Soody on Fleeting Moments and Familiar DistortionsRead on BabMasr (opens in a new tab)
- Interview · June 2026Medhat Soody: the moments of Cairo that never repeat, and blur once it turns familiarRead on BabMasr (opens in a new tab)
- Exhibition · Nov 2025Shadow: Medhat Soody and Lina Al-Maleki at Dai GalleryRead on Youm7 (opens in a new tab)
- Radio · Jan 2023Light and shadow embrace, in black-and-white reflectionsRead on Monte Carlo Doualiya (opens in a new tab)
- Feature · Jan 2023Cinematographer Medhat Soody records Reflections of Paris in a photography exhibitionRead on Ahram Gate (opens in a new tab)
- Interview · Feb 2018Acclaimed Egyptian photographer integrates philosophical value in artRead on Egypt Today (opens in a new tab)
- Feature · Nov 2017Medhat Soody to display his photos at Gallery MezzanineRead on Egypt Today (opens in a new tab)
- Exhibition · Nov 2017 – Feb 2018Medhat Soody exhibition, Opéra de MassyRead on Agency of artists in exile (opens in a new tab)