I’m Suleman Yakub, a fine art photographer and visual storyteller based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Portuguese by nationality and of Turkish, Afghan, and Indian descent, I make photographs about memory, place, and the moments most people walk past. I first picked up a camera at fourteen and have been chasing the same instinct ever since — to see the world from an angle no one else takes, and to hold it still. I’m drawn to the quiet parts of life: heritage architecture, worn thresholds, and lived places that carry history even when they look ordinary. My work is shaped by patience, restraint, and intention. I don’t chase trends that disappear as fast as they arrive; what I create is meant to be lived with, not consumed quickly.

House of Suleman is not a company in the traditional sense — it is a personal body of work, a visual archive where my interests converge: fine art photography, cultural research, architecture, and craftsmanship. Much of it focuses on place-based storytelling across Saudi Arabia and the wider Middle East, drawing on a background in mechanical engineering that lends my frames both technical control and a patient, deliberate eye. I plan each image long before the shutter, and I believe a photograph earns its place only when it could not have been made by anyone else.

This is my voice.

This is my pace.