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How beautiful is Panama! A photographic conversation from Burj al-Shamali camp
Initiated by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh and Simon Lourié
Produced by the Arab Image Foundation and with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, Beirut May 2008
Distributed with the support of the OSI Documentary Distribution Grant
Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria April – September 2009
Studying the relationship between photography and visual memory, this is a long-term, two-part research project in Burj al Shamali, a refugee camp southeast of Sur whose residents come primarily from northern Palestine. The first part involves running a workspace where young people make, edit and discuss photography. The second part involves gathering material from family albums and commercial studios. In this case, photographs are borrowed, digitized, annotated and returned. The work of an artist concerned with the effects of her own practice, this research project has led to an exhibition that doubles as a public installation.
“How Beautiful Is Panama!” features the work of seven photographers – Ali al Ali, Ahmad al Khalil, Susan al Khatib, Mohammad Amiuny, Yasser Ibrahim, Nisreen Musherfieh and Fatmeh Soleiman – who turned the exhibition into an inventive public installation that toured two venues and five camps in Lebanon and Jordan.
Description:
Ali al-Ali: 49 C-prints of 10x15 cm, 6 C-prints of 18x27cm, 13 C-prints of 20x30cm , 13 C-prints of 10x15cm, 9 C-prints of 15x21cm, 4 C-prints of 18x27cm and 6 C-prints of 20x30cm
Mohamad Amuniy: 6 C-prints of 20x30 cm
Yasser Ibrahim: 14 C-prints of 30x45cm, 6 C-prints of 20x30cm /and C-print of 40x60cm
Ahmad al-Khalil: 16 C-prints of 30x45cm, 8 C-prints of 20x30cm
Susan al-Khatib: 24 C-prints of 15x21cm and 36 C-prints of 15x21 cm
Nesreen Musherfih : 12 C-prints of 30x45cm
Fatmeh Soleiman: 4 C-prints of 40x60 cm and 16 C-prints of 30x45 cm
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Chobi Mela, International Festival of Photography
Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 2009
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