Souhaieb Marzouk
MY VISION IS TO CREATE PORTRAITS THAT REFLECT WHO PEOPLE REALLY ARE.
I’ll be working through any doubt or block you might experience, such as:
"Is my hair OK?"
"Where should I put my hands?"
"Should I be smiling or be serious?"
"Is what I’m wearing OK?"
"I'm not photogenic."
I take the time to create a safe space for my clients to open up.
I invite you to see the photo shoot as an opportunity
to show the world - and yourself - THE REAL YOU.
I promise it's going to be a truly unique experience.
My name is Souhaieb Marzouk. I was born in 1989.
Here is where my passion for ART started before landing in the Photography World.
Draftsman
My passion for ART started when I was a kid. My father developed the artistic side of my personality.
He taught me how to draw some random pictures. It started to be just a hobby and finished to become my little world, where I was hiding from the problems I faced in the real world.
Even during the exams, I was drawing instead of studying to get off the stress and the pressure.
This is what I drew at that time:
In 2009, I participated, for the first time, in an art exhibition for art lovers that took place at my university in Tunisia. It was my first opportunity when I exposed my drawings to the students, professors, and also to some known artists. It was full of great emotions.
It was a wonderful day for me, and honestly, it was a great experience for me.
Rapper
When I was 11, I was a big fan of Rap Music, especially Tunisian and Algerian Rappers.
At that time, Rap Music in Tunisia was forbidden, because of the dictatorship system we had, which didn't accept criticism.
In 2011, I got to know a lot of Tunisian and Algerian rappers, and they gave me the courage and the desire to start singing: but I was a little bit hesitant about facing this experience
(I used to hear rap music, but not to sing it).
Until that day, when my friends pushed me to write a song and record it, it was a big responsibility for me, and many questions wandered into my mind:
"What if I write something stupid?
What if people don't like it?
What if my voice is not good?
But I have to try at least once."
To be honest I was afraid, afraid of how the song will be.
I spent two days recording my first song, it was hard.
But when I heard it at the end, I was really happy, I didn't expect anything like that.
Honestly, without the support of my friend "The Poke", I didn't at all have in mind to be a rapper. I was very lucky surrounded by people who believed in me.
During that period, when I posted my song on Facebook for the first time, I got 10k followers on my page within a week. It was like a dream. After a certain moment, I realized that nothing is impossible, we can do whatever we want, just we have to believe in ourselves.
I was thinking that being a Rapper is always a temporary thing. I'm recording the songs just to enjoy my time and not to be famous.
At the end of 2014, I made my last song, I decided to stop because it was hard for me to handle music, study, and work at the same time.
So, I choose my future, my study, and my work.
Here, the first song that I made.
Photographer
I stumbled into photography when I started discovering nature, and I have been enamored by the beauty the world can offer since 2013, when I started hiking.
I wanted to capture anything that looked nice and attractive, as I wanted to upgrade my skills.
It was a kind of challenge for me.
Lucky me, starting in 2016, the company I worked with allowed me to travel to many countries for work. Still, I went for these opportunities to visit many places during my free time. I had the chance to meet lovely people and discover beautiful places like :
Paris (France), Berlin (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Manchester (England), Lisbon & Porto (Portugal), Tanger (Morocco), Bruxel (Belgium) and Rotterdam & Utrecht & Haarlem & Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
I started with an amateur camera, a Nikon P520, but I learned many techniques.
After that, I was looking for a new one to upgrade the quality of the pictures.
So, I bought my semi-professional one, a Nikon D5500, then I moved to a Nikon D750, and after few years, I could buy a Nikon Z7 II.
But one should know that holding a professional camera is not the source of your lovely pictures. A professional camera is used to get better quality and to help you upgrade your capacities.
Otherwise, even with a nice phone, you can take great pictures.
Photography taught me how to deal with people with different personalities, make them comfortable, manage my time, and enjoy life.
Each picture has its own story, so dealing with pictures is coping with my life.
And at the end, in the future, I will make several stories that can be a source of inspiration.
This is why I created this opportunity not only for me but also for all people to discover themselves, enjoy life, have good memories, and let them take advantage of my passion for photography.
NOW, I have started living my photography dream.
I'm still learning from photography, my experience, and this life...
Now, I must start dreaming about something more significant, challenging, and fun.
I thank my small family.
Who were always there to support me in everything I wanted or tried to do.
At the end, I want to thank you a lot for spending time and reading it.
You can find my trip to Berlin here.