Samer Mohdad

visual artist and writer

Samer Mohdad
سامر معضاد
BornDecember 22, 1964
Bzebdine, Lebanon
NationalityLebanese, Belgian
Websitemohdad.arabimages.com

Samer Mohdad (Arabic: سامر معضاد, born December 22, 1964) is a Lebanese-Belgian photojournalist.[1] visual artist and writer.

Biography

Mohdad was born in Bzebdine, Lebanon on December 22, 1964. His family moved to Aley following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. Mohdad moved to Belgium and obtained a degree in the art of photography from École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc de Liège. Following his graduation in 1988, he joined Agence Vu in Paris. He later obtained Belgian citizenship.[2]

In 1990, Mohdad received a World Press Photo Award for General News.[2] He held his first solo exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in 1990.[3] In 1997 he established the Arab Image Foundation with Fouad Elkoury and Akram Zaatari in Beirut.[4][5][6]

Publications
  • Les Enfants La Guerre, Liban 1985–1992 (1993)
  • Retour à Gaza (1996)
  • Mes Arabies (1999)
  • Assaoudia: XXIe s. = XVe h. (2005)
  • Beyrouth Mutations (2013)
  • Voyage en Pays: Druze (2018)

References
  1. Estrin, James (2014-03-18). "An Inside View of Arab Photography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. "Samer Mohdad". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  3. "Preserving Arab Identity Through Photography". Beirut Center of Photography. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  4. Cotter, Holland (2014-07-17). "Far From Home, an Arab Summer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  5. Farré, Natà lia (2017-04-06). "El Macba reúne la memoría colectiva del mundo árabe". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  6. Diquinzio, Apsara (2012). Six lines of flight : shifting geographies in contemporary art. Univ. of California Press. ISBN 9780520274310. OCLC 816343640.
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