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Manas Adams
Born in 1993 in Long Beach, California, I began observing people in my dads car payment office, where customers passed through each month. I became fasinated by their gestures, rhythms, and unfiltered moments which shaped my early understanding of character.
I started photographing friends and family at twelve and film followed a decade later when I became interested in what happens before and after the image is taken.
My work centers on family, alienation, immigration, and Sudanese identity.
RECENT FILMS OF MINE
LOVE AND MATAB 2026
watch here!SHOT WITH SONY AX53
FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
Matab has kept her relationship with Love hidden from her Muslim Sudanese family for four years. When Love converts to Islam and the couple begins discussing marriage, secrecy is no longer possible. The film traces the complexities of faith, belonging, and cultural inheritance as a non-Sudanese partner enters the family for the first time.
Mom 2025
watch here!
SHOT WITH CANON 6D
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
I film my mother getting ready for a night out as she applies lip gloss in the mirror. Gold along her arms. Adornment as ritual and beauty as inheritance.
HOMECOMING 2024
watch here!
SHOT ON IPHONE 12 MAX PRO
FILMED AND EDITED BY MANAS
Three Muslim high school students prepare for prom. In the next room, their mothers wait with cameras. Behind closed doors, the girls strategize — determined to get Mina into the dress she wants, forbidden by her mother as not modest enough.
© Cargo Test (2027)