becomingvanleo

A book by Karl Bassil, in collaboration with Negar Azimi and Katia Boyadjian. Published by the Arab Image Foundation (Beirut) and Archive Books (Berlin).

[Karl Bassil @KarlBassil]

“There’s a difference between peace and liberation, is there not? You can have injustice and have peace […] so peace isn’t the answer, liberation is the answer […] that’s the white man’s word Peace, Liberation is our word […]”
Kwame Ture
Stokely Carmichael then
#FreePalestine

[Hammer Museum @hammer_museum]

📣 OPENING TODAY! Becoming Van Leo is a long-overdue retrospective of a compelling transnational artist. 📸 His experimental 1940s & 1950s self-portraiture made him one of the Arab world’s most celebrated studio photographers 🇦🇲🇪🇬
Discover Van Leo with us! https://t.co/OJiPE8cZOO

[VintageArab @vintagearabe]

Cette célèbre photo (ma préférée) de Sherihan a été prise par le grand photographe armeno-egyptien Van Léo. Fait rare Sherihan a accepté de parler de cette photo et de l’œuvre de Van Léo à l’occasion d’un ouvrage et d’une exposition sur l’artiste, rendu possible par la @aifcom ♥️

[becomingvanleo @becomingvanleo]

@vintagearabe Je vous en prie, ces deux portraits, ainsi que quelques autres (Faten Hamama notamment) sont souvent attribués à Van Leo alors qu’elles sont d’Angelo.
J’espère que vous apprécierez le livre!

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@vintagearabe Les portraits de Omar Sharif et de Samia Gamal (dans votre Tweet précédent) sont par Angelo Boyadjian, le frère de Léon / Van Leo 😉

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Opening next week 🔥

[Hammer Museum @hammer_museum]

📸 OPENING SOON! Becoming Van Leo is the first major international survey of the late Armenian Egyptian photographer. Born to Armenian parents in Turkey in 1921, Van Leo made his home in Cairo. 🇪🇬 Between 1940 and 1960, he was one of the most famous Arab studio photographers.

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@midovichi صحيح

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“I told Van Leo, ‘I have an idea. Could we organize a shoot with Dalida?’ He didn’t know who Dalida was but of course he understood quickly that she was famous and he was interested. I proposed the idea to Dalida, too, and she also was interested. I think the whole comeback of…

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@KhazarianArch https://t.co/7RMvX6uFaA

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Born on November 20, 1921 –exactly one hundred years ago today– Leon Boyadjian would come to be known as Van Leo, one of the most singular twentieth-century studio photographers in the Arab world.
#vanleo #leonboyadjian #aliceboyadjian #angeloboyadjian
#becomingvanleo

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#dalida
#داليدا
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#valerievandool #arletteavakian #maymedawar #simonedelamare
#angelostudio #vanleo #leonboyadjian #angeloboyadjian
#cairo #egypt
#becomingvanleo

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Monsieur Van Leo, photographe au Caire, a film by Jean-Christophe Roze, first aired on the French television station TF1 on Monday, June 30, 1986 in an episode of Étoiles et toiles, a show produced and hosted by Frédéric Mitterrand: “Le Caire 86: Voyage au pays des souvenirs.”

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#alexanderboyadjian #perouzboyadjian #aliceboyadjian #leonboyadjian #angeloboyadjian
#coronation #queenelizabethII #princephilip #princessanne #princecharles #kingcharlesIII
#vanleo #cairo #egypt
#becomingvanleo

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From Leon Boyadjian’s belongings:

1–2) Lenticular photography memorabilia ahead of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, June 2, 1953.

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4) Book III: Self, pp. 304–305

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❤️ @negarazimi

[Aperture @aperturefnd]

Beginning in the late 1930s, Van Leo made hundreds of dazzling and uncanny self-portraits. What does his archive tell us about the mysteries of identity? https://t.co/GQGcW7LGmO

[Elisa Pierandrei @ShotOfWhisky]

The 3-volume publication 'Becoming Van Leo' has been shortlisted for this year's Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards. Through the efforts of the @aifcom the photographic work of Van Leo has been introduced to an international audience. Congrats and good luck to @KarlBassil

[Aperture @aperturefnd]

Announcing the 2022 @ParisPhotoFair–Aperture PhotoBook Awards Shortlist ✨Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, see the 35 shortlisted titles. https://t.co/W5h8UF7Q29