Hashem El Madani Explained

Hashem El Madani (1928 – 8 August 2017) was a Lebanese photographer.[1] [2] During his 50-year career he produced over 75,000 images and photographed 90% of Sidon's inhabitants.[2]

Madani was born in Sidon to a father from Madina, Saudi Arabia, who was sent to Sidon as a representative of the Islamic Awqaf.[3] Madani opened his photography studio, Studio Shehrazade, in 1953.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Alex Greenberger. Hashem El Madani, Influential Lebanese Portrait Photographer, Dies. 20 August 2017. ARTNEWS. 8 August 2017.
  2. News: S.J.. Hashem El Madani and the private lives of the Lebanese. 20 August 2017. The Economist. 17 August 2017.
  3. Book: Madani. Hashem. Feuvre. Lisa Le. Zaʻatarī. Akram. Akram Zaatari. Hashem El Madani: studio practices. 2004. Arab Image Foundation. 9789953003238. 19. illustrated.
  4. Book: Natasha Caruana. Natasha Caruana. Anna Fox. Anna Fox. Basics Creative Photography 03: Behind the Image: Research in Photography. 2012. Bloomsbury Publishing. 9782940447312. 155. illustrated.
  5. Book: Dymond. Anne Elizabeth. Jirat-Wasiutyński. Vojtěch. Modern Art and the Idea of the Mediterranean. 2007. University of Toronto Press. 9780802091703. 231. illustrated.

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