Arab Image Foundation
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Arab Image Foundation
| Arab Image Foundation | |
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| Fondation Arabe pour l'Image | |
| Established | 1997 |
| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Type | Photography |
| Collection size | 500,000 |
| Director | Zeina Arida |
| President | Nigol Bezjian |
| Website | Official website |
The Arab Image Foundation (name in French: Fondation Arabe pour l’Image) is a non-profit organization established in Beirut in 1997. It aims to track down, collect, preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora.[1] Its expanding collection includes more than 500,000 from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Iran, Mexico, Argentina, and Senegal.[2]
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History
Arab Image Foundation was created in 1997 by photographers Fouad Elkoury and Samer Mohdad and artist Akram Zaatari as a reaction to the lack of photographic archives in the region and the rapid disappearance of the few that remained.[3] The collections reveal a large aspect of the social history of the Arab World, including the picture that Arabs have constructed of themselves since the creation of photography.[4]
In addition to on site facilities including a public space, a library, a research center and a laboratory, the AIF has organized multiple gallery and museum exhibits, and produced book publications, monographs, films, and collectible merchandise, such as postcards and postersook publications and films.[5] The foundation also runs a residency program for artists and scholars.[6]
Projects
Exhibitions
- How beautiful is Panama! A photographic conversation from Burj al-Shamali camp, Initiated by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh and Simon Lourié (2008)
- Hashem el Madani: Itinerary, An ongoing project by Akram Zaatari (2007)
- Hashem el Madani: Promenades, An ongoing project by Akram Zaatari (2006)
- Hashem el Madani: Practices, An ongoing project by Akram Zaatari (2004)
- Arts et couleurs .Curated by Lara Baladi (2004)
- Mapping Sitting. On Portraiture and Photography. A project by Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari (2002)
- Pratiques photographiques au Liban (1900–1960) Curated by Akram Zaatari (2001)
- Van Leo, Curated by Akram Zaatari (2000)
- Palestine before '48, Curated by Akram Zaatari (1999)
- The Vehicle. Picturing moments of transition in a modernizing society, Curated by Akram Zaatari (1999)
- Albums Marocains 1900-1960, Curated by Yto Barrada (1999)
- Portrait du Caire: Alban, Armand and Van Leo , Curated by Akram Zaatari (1999)
- Liban Intime 1900-1960, Curated by Samer Mohdad and Fouad el Khoury (1998)
- Les Martyrs de Qana, Project by Doha Shams, curated by Samer Mohdad (1997)
Publications
- Hashem el Madani: Promenades (Arab Image Foundation and Mind the Gap, 2007)
- Hashem el Madani: Studio Practices,Edited by Karl Bassil, Lisa Le Feuvre and Akram Zaatari, (Arab Image Foundation, Mind the Gap and the Photographers' Gallery, 2004)
- Review of Photographic Memory, Edited by Jalal Toufic
(Arab Image Foundation, 2004)
- Mapping Sitting, Edited by Karl Bassil, Zeina Maasri and Akram Zaatari in collaboration with Walid Raad (Arab Image Foundation and Mind the Gap, 2002)
- The Vehicle. Picturing moments of transition in a modernizing society, Edited by Akram Zaatari (Arab Image Foundation and Mind the Gap, 1999)
- Portraits du Caire (Actes Sud, 1999)
- Histoires Intimes Liban 1900-1960 (Actes Sud, 1997)
Films
- Her+Him Van Leo (Akram Zaatari, 2001)
- Jours tranquilles en Palestine (Fouad el Khoury and Sylvain Roumette, 1998)
References
- ^ "Arab Image Foundation". Monocle. http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Web-Articles/Arab-image-foundation/. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Arab Image Foundation - biennale 3". Thessaloniki Biennale. http://biennale3.thessalonikibiennale.gr/en/artists/Arab_Image_Foundation. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Shape, Emily (2011). "Preserving the photographic heritage of the Middle East". The Art Newspaper (222). http://theartnewspaper.com/articles/Preserving-the-photographic-heritage-of-the-Middle-East/23279. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ Parr, Martin; Badger, Gerry (2006) The Photobook: A History - Volume 2 London and New York: Phaidon p. 129 ISBN 0-7148-4433-0
- ^ "Arab Image Foundation". Anna Lindh Foundation. 2010. http://www.euromedalex.org/funding/arab-image-foundation. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Arab Image Foundation Residency Program 2011". Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa), Germany, Elke aus dem Moore, in cooperation with Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art. 2010. http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2010/news_tips/aif_call. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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