Samer Mohdad

Samer Mohdad
سامر معضاد
Born	December 22, 1964 Bzebdine, Lebanon
Nationality	Lebanese, Belgian
Website	mohdad.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.^[2] 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.^[3]

In 1990, Mohdad received a World Press Photo Award for General News.^[3] He held his first solo exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in 1990.^[4] In 1997 he established the Arab Image Foundation with Fouad Elkoury and Akram Zaatari in Beirut.^[5][6][7]

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. "Biography - Samer Mohdad Photography | The Arab World Seen From Inside". Retrieved 2024-05-13.
3. "Samer Mohdad". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
4. "Preserving Arab Identity Through Photography". Beirut Center of Photography. 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
5. Cotter, Holland (2014-07-17). "Far From Home, an Arab Summer". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
6. Farré, Natà lia (2017-04-06). "El Macba reúne la memoría colectiva del mundo árabe". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-01-24.
7. Diquinzio, Apsara (2012). Six lines of flight : shifting geographies in contemporary art. Univ. of California Press. ISBN 9780520274310. OCLC 816343640.