• Postcard 01

    Self-portrait.
    Cairo, Egypt 1944.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 02

    Dajani family.
    Beirut, Lebanon 1945/46.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Rabiha Dajani / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 03

    Beirut, April 1995.
    Fouad Elkoury
    Copyright © Fouad Elkoury

  • Postcard 04

    Cairo, Egypt 1945-50.
    Cropped as indicated by the photographer
    Alban
    Coll. G. Mikaelian / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 05

    Ain el Helweh bridge.
    Saida, Lebanon, 1949.
    Hachem el Madani
    Coll. Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 06

    The wife and son of the photographer.
    Deir ez Zour, Syria 1950’s.
    Kamal Tarsousli
    Coll. M. Yammine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 07

    Sakina Moayed el Azm during a women’s trip to Lebanon.
    Aley, Lebanon 1931.
    Anonymous
    Coll. A. Attassi / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 08

    The Vehicle: Picturing moments of transition in a modernising society
    Beirut, Lebanon 1999.
    Book cover photo: Kamal Tarsousli
    Copyright © 1999 Mind the gap - Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 09

    Sherihane.
    Cairo, Egypt 1976.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 10

    “Dalida, chanteuse de Paris.”
    Cairo, Egypt 1986.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 11

    “Mirvat Amine, actress.”
    Cairo, Egypt 1972.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 12

    Cairo, Egypt 1980s.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 13

    Ismail Rachid on the beach of Alexandria.
    Egypt 1950.
    Studio Philippe
    Coll. I. Rachid / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 14

    Ruth and Georges Raad, Aida, Elsie and Raymond Krikorian.
    Yarkoune river, Jaffa, Palestine 1931.
    Khalil Raad
    Coll. A. Krikorian-Kawar / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 15

    Khalil Raad’s children, Ruth and Georges with Aida Krikorian.
    Jerusalem - Palestine 1931.
    Khalil Raad
    Coll. A. Krikorian-Kawar / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 16

    Two girls from Tripoli.
    Lebanon 1940s.
    Antranik Anouchian
    Coll. M. Yammine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 17

    Pipe construction for the Darbendi Khan water pipeline project.
    Iraq 1961.
    Latif El Ani
    Coll. L. El Ani / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 18

    Tangier.
    Morocco 1900-1910.
    Bruzon, A. And co.
    Coll. Y. Barrada / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 19

    TV screen showing presenter Salwa Hegazi.
    Egypt 1961.
    Fouad Helmi Halim
    Coll. F. H. Halim / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 20

    Saniya Mardam Bey on her wedding day with Fatima and Tharwa.
    Damascus, Syria 1919.
    Haidar Mardam
    Coll. A. El Azm / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 21

    Mr. Skaff in four different positions.
    Bethlehem, Palestine 1922.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 22

    Nubar “A good profile study”.
    Cairo, Egypt 1944.
    Van Leo
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 23

    Cairo, Egypt 1945-50.
    Alban
    Coll. G. Mikaelian / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 24

    Truck driver.
    Saida, Lebanon 1950.
    Hashem Madani
    Coll. Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 25

    El Khazen family in Zghorta.
    Lebanon 1927.
    Marie El Khazen
    Coll. M. Yammine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 26

    A Palestinian resistant with her brother.
    Tyr, Lebanon 1980.
    Chafic El Soussi
    Coll. Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 27

    Beirut 1918.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Y. Sursok / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 28

    Asma Jabbur dressed up in male hunting uniform.
    Al-Quaryatayn, Syria 1920s.
    Jibrail Jabbur
    Coll. N. Jabbur / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 29

    The “konafa” maker.
    Cairo, Egypt 1960.
    Muhamad Youssef
    Coll. G. Ahmad / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 30

    Cairo, Egypt 1940s.
    Armand
    Coll. Armand / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 31

    Madiha Yusri.
    Cairo, Egypt 1950.
    Armand
    Coll. Armand / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 32

    Mohamad Abdel Wahab.
    Cairo, Egypt 1940s.
    Armand
    Coll. Armand / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 33

    “Her + Him, Van Leo.” 32 min. 2001. Video still.
    Cairo, Egypt 1950.
    Showing: “Miss Iliana, Italian lady”. Van Leo.
    Akram Zaatari
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation / A. Zaatari

  • Postcard 36

    Prisoners.
    Qena, Egypt 1920s.
    Hinary Boutros
    Coll. Association for the preservation of cultural and environmental heritage in Egypt / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 37

    Studio Soussi portrait index.
    Saida, Lebanon 1934-86.
    100 pages, approx. 150 portraits per page, 35 x 50 x 9.5 cm.
    Anis el Soussi
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 38

    Studio Soussi portrait index.
    Saida, Lebanon 1934-86.
    100 pages, approx. 150 portraits per page, 35 x 50 x 9.5 cm.
    Anis el Soussi
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 39

    School yearbook 1939-1940. Principal, teachers and staff. Menia elementary public school for boys.
    Egypt, March 1940.
    46 pages, 40 x 31 cm.
    Soleiman Akl
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 40

    Portraits from Studio Anouchian.
    Tripoli, Lebanon 1935-70.
    Antranik Anouchian
    Coll. Mohsen Yammine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 43

    Portraits from Studio Shehrazade. Beach series. Flexing.
    Saida, Lebanon 1951.
    Hashem el Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 44

    Portraits from Studio Shehrazade. Beach series. Playing with perspective.
    Saida, Lebanon 1954.
    Hashem el Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 45

    ‘Photo Surprise’
    Tell square West, Tripoli, Lebanon 1953-54
    Single ‘Surprise’ photographs layered to reconstruct the square’s spatial configuration.
    Photo Jack
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 46

    ‘Photo Surprise'
    Tell square West, Tripoli, Lebanon 1953-54.
    Single ‘Surprise’ photographs layered to reconstruct the square’s spatial configuration.
    Photo Jack
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 47

    Studio Anouchian archiving boxes.
    Tripoli, Lebanon 1930-70s.
    Film stock boxes used by Anouchian to archive his negatives. Photographed by Agop Kanledjian
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 48

    Staff of medical institutions where nurse Zainab Shalabi moved throughout her career.
    Egypt 1930-40s.
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 49

    Studio Shehrazade photo index.
    Saida, Lebanon, circa 1950.
    One of the few indexes made by Madani.
    Hachem el-Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 50

    ‘Photo Surprise’ storing drawer.
    Tripoli, Lebanon 1950s.
    Negatives numbered and rolled inside ‘120 film’ boxes cut in half. Photographed by Agop Kanledjian.
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 51

    Youssef and Fatmeh Safieddine.
    Sangalcam, Dakar, Senegal 1958.
    Youssef Safieddine
    Coll. Youssef Safieddine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 52

    Chadia Najjar with her uncle Émile Dabbagh dressed up as Santa Claus.
    Beirut, Lebanon 1949.
    Joseph Yervant Najjar
    Coll. Chadia Najjar / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 53

    Levon Boyadjian (Van Leo) at the age of six rehearsing for a school play.
    Zagazig, Egypt 1927.
    Varjabedian
    Coll. Van Leo / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 54

    Easter Masquerade party at Alfred Roch’s house.
    Jaffa, Palestine 1924.
    Rachman
    Coll. Samia Salfiti / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 55

    Feast day in Baghdad.
    Iraq 1960-65
    Latif el Ani
    Coll. Latif el Ani / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 56

    Untitled.
    Syria
    Anonymous
    Coll. Hala Mardam Bey /Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 57

    Camille el Kareh, self-portrait.
    Zghorta, Lebanon 1920.
    Camille el Kareh
    Coll. Mohsen Yammine / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 58

    Eva and Touma Arida
    Zahleh, Lebanon 1939.
    Anonymous
    Coll.Touma Arida / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 59

    Studio portrait.
    Tripoli, Lebanon 1945.
    Antranik Anouchian
    Coll. Joseph el Hajj / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 60

    Abdel-Halim Hafez and Mariam Fakhreddine at the Pyramids on the set of the film “Hikayat Hob” (Love Story)
    Cairo, Egypt 1959.
    Shadi Abdel Salam
    Coll. Shadi Abdel Salam / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 61

    Mustafa Mahmoud Rashed.
    Alexandria, Egypt 1927.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Oussama Kaffash / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 62

    Village women carrying earthenware jars.
    Al-Quaryatayn, Syria 1950.
    Jibrail Jabbur
    Coll. Norma Jabbur / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 63

    The Khazen family.
    Zahleh, Lebanon 1954.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Fayza el Khazen / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 64

    Untitled.
    Lebanon 1910.
    Aziz Zabbal
    Coll. Roberte Zabbal Sawaya / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 65

    Photo taken on the Beirut-Damascus train by a young Egyptian scout.
    Lebanon 1939.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Arab Image Foundation
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 66

    Asmahan singing in the Film "Gharam wa Intikam”.
    Egypt 1944.
    Anonymous
    Coll. Faysal Al Atrash / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 67

    Umm Kulthum.
    Cairo, Egypt 1945-1950.
    Alban
    Coll. Georges Mikaelian family / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 68

    Varig Airlines, models: Alberto Ragasol, Adriana Silva.
    Mexico City, Mexico May 1967.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 69

    Tapetes Luxor.
    Mexico City, Mexico February 1968.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 70

    Nestle, model: Sergio Yazbek Fuentes.
    Mexico City, Mexico 1963.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 71

    Avon.
    Mexico City, Mexico January 1973.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 72

    Camey, Ariel and Crest, model: Ali
    Mexico City, Mexico August 1971.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 73

    Coca Cola Sport, model: Luis Uribe.
    Mexico City, Mexico February 1973.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 74

    Reader’s Digest.
    Mexico City, Mexico 1962.
    Edmundo Feres Yazbek
    Coll. Edmundo Feres Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 75

    Manchester shirts. model: Maurizio Yazbek, the photographer’s brother.
    Mexico City, Mexico 1964.
    Edmundo Feres Yazbek
    Coll. Edmundo Feres Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 76

    General Motors, model: Urraza
    Mexico City, Mexico 1964.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 77

    Selka England, model: Consuelo.
    Mexico City, Mexico June 1971.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 78

    Toothpaste UltraBright, models: Xavia Riggo, ana Marcia P.
    Mexico City, Mexico April 1968.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 79

    Carros Vam.
    Mexico City, Mexico August 1974.
    Tufic Yazbek
    Coll. Zaida Fuentes de Yazbek / AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 80

    Hashem El Madani: Studio Practices
    Edited by Lisa Le Feuvre and Akram Zaatari.
    ISBN 995-30-0323-8 128 pages, 154 photographs, 16.8 x 22.2 x 1.6 cm.
    Copyright © 2004 Arab Image Foundation, Mind the gap, The Photographers’ Gallery

  • Postcard 81

    Anonymous.
    Madani’s parents’ home (the liwan), Saida, Lebanon 1949-53.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 82

    A man from Ghazieh and his daughter.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon, late 1950s.
    Hachem el-Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 83

    Anonymous.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1980-82.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 84

    Hnayneh.
    Madani’s parents’ home (the liwan), Saida, Lebanon 1948-53.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 85

    Anonymous.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1960s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 86

    Anonymous.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1972.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 87

    Palestinian with his guitar.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon, early 1970s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 88

    Najm.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1956.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 89

    Anonymous.
    Madani’s parents’ home (the studio), Saida, Lebanon 1948-53.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 90

    Servants of two neighbors.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1970s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 91

    Anonymous.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1960s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 92

    Anonymous.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1950s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 93

    A woman and her son, Lebanese immigrants from Africa.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1970s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 94

    Najm (left) and Asmar disguised as bride.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1950s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 95

    Bashasha (left) and a friend.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon, late 1950s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation

  • Postcard 96

    Sha’ia.
    Studio Shehrazade, Saida, Lebanon 1970s.
    Hashem El Madani
    Coll. AIF
    Copyright © Arab Image Foundation
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