Samer Mohdad
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Samer Mohdad | |
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| سامر معضاد | |
| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) Bzebdine, Lebanon |
| Website | mohdad |
Samer Mohdad (Arabic: سامر معضاد, born 1964)[1] is a Lebanese-Belgian photographer,[2] visual artist and writer.
Mohdad was born in Bzebdine, Lebanon in 1964.[1] His family moved to Aley following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War.[citation needed] Mohdad moved to Belgium and obtained a degree in the art of photography from École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc de Liège.[1]
Career
Following his graduation in 1988, he joined Agence Vu in Paris.[1] He held his first solo exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in 1990.[3] Also in 1990, Mohdad received an honorable mention in the World Press Photo award for General News[4] In 1997 he established the Arab Image Foundation with Fouad Elkoury and Akram Zaatari in Beirut.[5][6][7]
