A co-founder of Koz collective, Seif Kousmate is a self-taught photographer who has developed a visual vocabulary between documentary and fine art photography. After a career in the civil engineering sector, he turned towards photography in 2016. Since then, he has been working on various projects in Africa, among which the immigration of sub-Saharans on the land border between Morocco and Europe, the traditional slavery in Mauritania, the youth in Rwanda, the oasis’secosystem in Morocco. A National Geographic Explorer since 2018, he was selected as a 6x6 Global Talent Program by World Press Photo in 2020 and as a Foam Talent in 2022. His work has been exhibited in Europe and Africa and published in international newspapers and magazines.