Hashem El Madani

Lebanese photographer

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]

References

^ Alex Greenberger (8 August 2017). "Hashem El Madani, Influential Lebanese Portrait Photographer, Dies". ARTNEWS. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b S.J. (17 August 2017). "Hashem El Madani and the private lives of the Lebanese". The Economist. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
^ Madani, Hashem; Feuvre, Lisa Le; Zaʻatarī, Akram, eds. (2004). Hashem El Madani: studio practices (illustrated ed.). Arab Image Foundation. p. 19. ISBN 9789953003238.
^ Natasha Caruana; Anna Fox (2012). Basics Creative Photography 03: Behind the Image: Research in Photography (illustrated ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 9782940447312.
^ Dymond, Anne Elizabeth; Jirat-Wasiutyński, Vojtěch, eds. (2007). Modern Art and the Idea of the Mediterranean (illustrated ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780802091703.