BEIRUT: For his Beirut solo, “Sand Comes Through the Window,” Taysir Batniji had to redo pieces from one of his major series from scratch....
BEIRUT: “The internet is catastrophic,” Marc Mouarkech mutters, waiting for a webpage to load. Bandwidth is a big deal for the Arab Image Foundation director,...
BEIRUT: Since PhotoMed Liban’s last edition two years ago, Lebanon has lacked a dedicated photography festival. With news of the Beirut Image Festival,...
BEIRUT: As a venue for an exhibition of photographs from Lebanon’s Civil War, Beit Beirut makes a poignant host. Placing almost 90 black-and-white...
BEIRUT: “You’re like a home to me. A stranger to me. Growing flowers and insecurities in me.” Short texts, all in English, are scattered...
BEIRUT: History and the issues of Lebanese identity, as well as tangible existential questions course through “Undocumented,” Mahmoud...
BEIRUT: What if the history of photography was seen through the prism of theater, rather than the usual pictorial tradition? That’s one of the more playful...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is on a lucky streak, in its photo exhibitions at least. Not long after a show by Josef Koudelka, another featuring work by the master Irving...
BEIRUT: “These were very difficult conditions for the models,” Lebanese photographer Lara Tabet said of shooting for her current show....
BEIRUT: For anyone following Ayla Hibri’s work, “A Palm Tree Bows to the Moon,” her exhibition at the Abroyan Factory in Burj Hammoud, marks...
BEIRUT: The Mina Image Centre opened this month in Beirut’s Port district. The center has a large exhibition gallery equipped for audiovisual...
BEIRUT: “OH MY GOD! I ... I am a Fkin’ ARAB!!” a bearded man proclaims in Mazen Kerbaj’s “The Revelation,” as five large...
BEIRUT: “On Photography in Lebanon: Stories and Essays” is not emblazoned with an “iconic” Lebanese photo. The book’s burgundy-purple cover is sprinkled with...
BEIRUT: Acclaimed photographer Josef Koudelka was in Lebanon recently for the opening of his two-part show at Dar El-Nimer, “The Wall-Beirut.” He...
BEIRUT: “For me, every day is a present, and every day is one [day] less,” 80-year-old Josef Koudelka said. “And you should live it like the...
ARLES, France/BEIRUT: Among the buzz of photographers, publishers and members of the public gathered around tables full of photobooks, stood Nadim Asfar.The...
ARLES, France: “The first time people see me, before they know me, they think I’m black,” said a teenage Safa Batniji, who was born and raised in the U.S. to...
ARLES, France: “You, how old?” a man in a mustard-colored shirt asks. “Thirty-three,” a woman replies. “She looks 27 or 28. Young ladies will get older faster...
BEIRUT: In a Beirut cafe, Italian artist and graphic novelist Stefano Ricci smiled as images of children painting flicked across a computer screen. The day...
BEIRUT: Notice something missing from Lebanon’s 2018 cultural calendar? Those interested in photography will already have their hands up to answer that...
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon: Coughing, 10-year-old Mohammad Ahmad al-Ahmad stood in a cramped, makeshift medical clinic as Dr. Ali Rislan examined him. The boy,...
BEIRUT: A 20-year anniversary can fly under the radar as an organization gets on with the job. That appears to be the case for the Arab Image Foundation,...
BEIRUT: For the Beirut Center of Photography team, photos are a job, a passion and a mission. “Our slogan is to put Beirut on the map of world...
BEIRUT: “Allan Sekula – Photography at Work,” now up at the Beirut Art Center, is one of the standout photography exhibitions in Lebanon this year. Curated by...
BEIRUT: “One must invent a game. Find an enigma,” Lebanese filmmaker, artist and journalist Jocelyne Saab writes in the notes to her exhibition...