220 is the hotel room number where some of us, the collective founding members, met while taking part in a photography festival in Algiers.

This name is a tribute to this impromptu meeting and the connections that emerged from it. The desire to create this group was mainly because of our need to provide a space for exchange, reflection and common work in an environment that was, up until then, lacking this kind of collective experiences.

Our approaches and visual languages vary but we share the same desire to photograph our realities in personal and subjective ways, to tell our stories and to bring other perspectives of what Algeria is today. Collective 220 is a photographic tale anchored in various, scattered areas of Algerian territory, telling stories of people, cities and spaces.

This collective intends to be a wide field of experimentation and learning for each member, with their varied subjects, techniques and tools. In addition to being a kind of internal shared laboratory, 220 is a way to create external links to promote exchanges with photographers, artists and other collectives around the world.