Myriam Boulos Explained

Myriam Boulos (ميريم بولس) (born 1992) is a Lebanese documentary photographer and artist.[1] [2] [3] Her work has been published in Vogue, Time, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. She has also participated in numerous international artistic exhibitions.[4]

Early life and education

Boulos was born in 1992 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is a graduate of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts with a master's in photography in 2015.[5]

Artistic career

Among Boulos' well-known series are Tenderness (2018–2021), Dead End (2019), Douce Virilite (2017), Sunday, and Nightshift (2015).[6] [7] [8] [9] She has taken part in both national and international exhibitions, such as at Photomed, Beirut Art Fair, Mashreq to Maghreb (Germany), Berlin PhotoWeek (Germany), and Les Jeux de la Francophonie (Cote d'Ivoire), as well as other collective exhibitions in Paris; Amsterdam; Washington D.C.; San Francisco; New York; Berlin; Ulm; and Italy.[10] [11] [12] In 2019 and 2020, her work was exhibited at the Arab World Institute and Middle East Institute.

Her photographs have featured in numerous national and international news and culture publications, such as Vogue, Time, Les Inrocks, and Vanity Fair. She is well-known for contributing to international reporting on the 2019 protests in Lebanon and 2020 port blast in Beirut, especially for Time Magazine.[13] [14] [15] Her work was included in Time's list of Best Portraits of 2020.[16]

She is currently part of The Gemini Collective alongside illustrator Michele Standjofski (1960, Beirut) and psychologist Laura-Joy Boulos (1989, Beirut). In addition to photography, Boulos collaborates on and is a co-founder of the Beirut-based bilingual feminist magazine Al Hayya.[17] [18]

Awards

She was the recipient of the Byblos Bank Award for Photography (Purple Lens Award) in 2014. Her first solo exhibition took place in 2015. She also became a nominee with Magnum Photos in late 2021.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McCarthy . Hannah . 15 Feb 2021 . Beirut photographer Myriam Boulos searches for tenderness amid destruction . 2022-04-08 . Middle East Eye . en.
  2. Web site: Akerman . Ian . 24 June 2016 . Why we’re loving: Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . Campaign Middle East . en-US.
  3. Web site: Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . Fashion Trust Arabia . en-US.
  4. Web site: Abdulaal . Mirna . 2021-09-12 . In Photos: The Other Hijab and the Blurred Identity of Women in the Arab World . 2022-04-08 . Egyptian Streets . en-US.
  5. Web site: Galerie Janine Rubeiz . 2022-04-08 . www.galeriejaninerubeiz.com.
  6. Web site: Montazami . Morad . Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes . en-US.
  7. Web site: LensCulture . Myriam Boulos . Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . LensCulture.
  8. Web site: Myriam Boulos in conversation with Gem Fletcher . 2022-04-08 . Rocket Science . en.
  9. Web site: x-publishers . Myriam Boulos: Tenderness . 2022-04-08 . www.gupmagazine.com.
  10. Web site: About Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . Cargo Collective . en.
  11. Web site: Myriam Boulos on Photography, Documenting Lebanon and Social Justice . 2022-04-08 . www.artbreath.org . en.
  12. Saleem, Athwifa. "This New Photography Exhibition Will Show You Exactly How Lebanon Has Changed Throughout The Past 14 Years." Harper's Bazaar Arabia. 14 July 2020.
  13. Web site: Vick . Karl . 15 Aug 2020 . After the Beirut Explosion, a Photographer Captures a Drive for Reform . 2022-04-08 . Time . en.
  14. Web site: Collard . Rebecca . 22 Oct 2019 . How the Protests in Lebanon Became the Biggest to Sweep the Country in a Decade . 2022-04-08 . Time . en.
  15. Web site: Inspiration - Myriam Boulos . 2022-04-08 . Centre for Creative Photography . en-AU.
  16. Web site: TIME's Best Portraits of 2020 . 2022-04-08 . Time . en.
  17. Web site: Moussa . Lynn Sheikh . 2022-03-31 . Al Hayya founders talk agency and making a magazine for other women . 2022-04-08 . Beirut Today . en-US.
  18. Web site: Magnum Nominee Myriam Boulos: "I don’t know how to deal with these obsessions in any other way but through photography" Magnum Photos Magnum Photos . 2022-04-08 . Magnum Photos . en-US.
  19. Web site: About Myriam Boulos - Myriam Boulos . 2022-12-03 . cargocollective.com . en.
  20. Web site: Staff . i-D. . “It’s Lebanon’s anarchy that bothers you” . 2022-12-03 . i-d.vice.com . fr.
  21. Web site: Lebanon Then and Now . 2022-12-03 . Middle East Institute . en.
  22. Web site: 2022-07-14 . Close Enough: New Perspectives from 12 Women Photographers of Magnum . 2022-12-03 . International Center of Photography . en.

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