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Khalid Saud Al-Busaidi (Arabic: خالد بن سعود البوسعيدي; born 5 September 1990) is an Omani photographer known for his role at the Royal Opera House Muscat as the official house photographer. Al-Busaidi has documented more that 500 performances at the Royal Opera House Muscat since 2012.

His work has been featured in worldwide publications such as, The New York Times, Forbes, BBC Travel, Le Monde, GQ, and National Geographic (November 2014). Furthermore, famed Arabic singer Kadim AlSahir selected a picture taken by Al-Busaidi as his official portrait.

Al-Busaidi has extensive experience with new media and the role it plays in journalism, using photographs to record history and using the images for storytelling, all which can be seen from his work. Al-Busaidi is also a member of The International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) and has given lectures on his photographic career at Sultan Qaboos University, HCT and with the Photographic Society of Oman under the name of “The challenge of theatrical photography” in December 2015. as he conducted a lecture in Insta8Oman about “Performing Arts Photography” at the Opera Galleria in February 2017.

Exhibitions

 * Music Reflections 2015, Opera Galleria.
 * The gallery featured a collection of 45 photographs from different performances on the stage of the Opera house in Oman.
 * He also participated in the Annual Omani Photographic Society Exhibition in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. As well as at Paris Book Fair in 2019.