Ammar Abd Rabbo Explained

Ammar Abd Rabbo
Citizenship:French
Birth Place:Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
Occupation:Journalist, photographer
Years Active:1990–present
Known For:Journalism, photography

Ammar Abd Rabbo is a French-Syrian journalist and photographer, born in Damascus, Syria, in 1966.[1]

Abd Rabbo left Syria in his childhood and has been living in France since 1978. He has covered photo stories in the Arab world since the 1990s in Iraq, Libya and Lebanon, as well as in his homeland, Syria. His work has been published in Time, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, Bild and various other publications.

From a 25-year career, his portfolio includes portraits of head of states, war coverage in Iraq, Lebanon and Libya, celebrities like Michael Jackson, as well as of events such as the Cannes Film Festival and Paris Fashion Week.

Abd Rabbo has also had solo exhibitions of his press work, as well as works about nudity and the body. "Coming Soon" in Beirut in 2012 was a series of artistic silhouettes of pregnant women, aiming to "encourage the audience to think differently about pregnancy" as the artist stated on the television channel Al Arabiya.[2] [3]

He is known for his images of Stephen Hawking, as well as the image of Benazir Bhutto that made the cover of Time magazine after she was assassinated.[4]

In August 2015, one of his works was shown at Dismaland, a temporary exhibition curated by anonymous artist Banksy, that took place in Weston-super-Mare near Bristol, England.[5]

In December 2016, he published a book about Aleppo in war time, in French, titled "ALEP A Elles Eux Paix".[6]

He was awarded "Knight of Arts and Letters" by the French government in 2017.[7]

Since 2018, he is a regular contributor of the website "Daraj", where he publishes videos in Arabic raising awareness about fake news and conspiracy theories.[8]

Exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arts . Selections . 2021-10-07 . THE DIARY OF AN ARTIST IN INTERESTING TIMES AMMAR ABD RABBO • SELECTIONS ARTS MAGAZINE . 2022-09-15 . SELECTIONS ARTS MAGAZINE . en-US.
  2. Web site: Arab warrior queen: Pushing the boundaries of pregnant identity – Jordan Vista. vista.sahafi.jo.
  3. Web site: The naked truth: Syrian photojournalist lifts lid on pregnancy . The Daily Star.
  4. Web site: No One Could Save Benazir Bhutto. Why We Need To Save Pakistan . January 14, 2008 . Time.
  5. Web site: Tammam Azzam, Ammar Abd Rabbo and Huda Beydoun at Banksy's 'Dismaland' – News – Ayyam Gallery. www.ayyamgallery.com.
  6. Web site: Capturing daily resistance in Aleppo . The Daily Star.
  7. Web site: Le photographe Ammar Abd Rabbo, chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. 27 June 2018. L'Orient-Le Jour.
  8. Web site: Ammar Abd Rabbo – Conspiracy Theorist (English subtitles). UCLA Subtitles. 25 March 2019. YouTube.
  9. Web site: Au Lycée Marguerite de Navarre Une Expo sur Alep. fr. 2019-04-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160626211836/http://www.orne-hebdo.fr/2015/03/13/au-lycee-marguerite-de-navarre-une-expo-sur-alep-en-guerre-parmi-les-civils/. 2016-06-26. dead.
  10. Web site: My Voice Rings Out for Syria.
  11. Web site: Syria Off Frame – News – Ayyam Gallery.
  12. Web site: La vérité tombe des nu(e)s – Edgar Davidian.
  13. Web site: Marseille : regards croisés sur la Méditerranée au Frac. 26 November 2016. LaProvence.com.

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