Hachem Al Madani
2000
Hachem Al Madani
2000
Lebanese photographer and videomaker Ziad Antar explores the social, urban and economic realities of the Middle East. For the series Expired he used black-and-white film decades beyond its 1976 expiry date and a Kodak Reflex dating from 1948. The stain-like marks and the blurring of contours testify to his interest in the genesis of the photographic image. Evoking old photographs, these pictures record the breakneck modernisation of Lebanon, a country symbolised by both the never completed Murr Tower, used as a rocket-firing position during the civil war, and the portrait of Druze political leader Walid Jumblat.
Domain | Photo |
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Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique |
Dimensions | 120 x 120 cm |
Acquisition | Achat, 2012 |
Inventory no. | AM 2013-271 |
Detailed description
Artist |
Ziad Antar
(1978, Liban) |
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Main title | Hachem Al Madani |
Series title | Expired |
Title of the set of artworks | Studio Shehrazad, Saïda, Lebanon |
Creation date | 2000 |
Domain | Photo |
Techniques | Epreuve gélatino-argentique |
Dimensions | 120 x 120 cm |
Printing | 1/3 |
Acquisition | Achat, 2012 |
Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie |
Inventory no. | AM 2013-271 |