1883: You seem to be an expert, ’people watcher’. Your London People series, for example, feels very personal, like you’ve met these people. How autobiographical would you say your work is?
AA: Like I said, I’m inspired by people I meet, especially party people. I like to make collections of things I like seeing or imagining. The series of "London People" is actually a collection in progress. The idea behind it is to ’Achraf-ise’ a lot of personalities that I met since I arrived in London. My work is autobiographical because I have only my eyes and my mind to create my visions.
1883: If you could be stuck in a lift with 3 people, living or dead, who would they be?
AA: Lewis Carroll, to tell me the story of Alice in Wonderland.
Céline Dion, to sing me songs and Steven Klein, to take some pictures of that dramatic moment.
1883: What does the future hold for your work and what would you most like to focus on next?
AA: Only the future can tell us this, I will do my best to stay creative and original.