Lucien Samaha

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Lucien Samaha
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Born1958
Beirut, Lebanon
Known forPhotography

Lucien Samaha is a Lebanese-American photographer and artist based in New York City.[1][2]

Life and career[]

Samaha was born in Beirut, and emigrated to the USA in 1970.[3] He attended Annandale High School and Rochester Institute of Technology.[4] He was a Flight Attendant with Trans World Airlines from 1978-1986. In 1990, he was the recipient of the first Eastman Kodak Company Professional Photography Division Scholarship ever given to a photographer and later joined the Eastman Kodak Company.[5][6] He was one of the original members of the Arab Image Foundation.[7]

Exhibitions[]

Solo exhibitions[]

  • 2008: Uneasy About Beirut, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[8]
  • 2013: The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA[9]
  • 2016: The Actor's Shadow, Sibiu City Hall, Romania
  • 2016: The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema, Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania[10]
  • 2019: A History of Digital Photography, Pioneer Works, New York, USA[11]

Group exhibitions[]

  • 2008: Good is What Pleases, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany[12]
  • 2006: Persona-Personae, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[13]
  • 2006: I Want To Show You Somewhere, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Oregon, USA[14]
  • 2007: The Searchers, EFA Gallery, New York, USA[15]
  • 2018: Beirút, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Observational Knowledge: Lucien Samaha Interviewed by Regine Basha". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. ^ "Lucien Samaha: 'The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986'". nytimes.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. ^ "Lucien Samaha". ibraaz.org. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. ^ "A History of Digital Photography – Lucien Samaha at Pioneer Works". artspiel.org. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. ^ "A History of Digital Photography Lucien Samaha". pioneerworks.org. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. ^ "Editors' Picks: 15 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week". news.artnet.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Camaraderie of Living in the Skies". hyperallergic.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Lucien Samaha is uneasy about Beirut". artslant.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "An Insider's Look Flight Attendants in the 1970s and '80s". slate.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  10. ^ ""The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema" by Lucien Samaha". tiff.ro. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "ART OUT: LUCIEN SAMAHA: A HISTORY OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY". museemagazine.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "An Interview with Lucien Samaha (2013)". americansuburbx.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  13. ^ "Persona-Personae in New York". rhizome.org. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  14. ^ "I want to show you somewhere: Lucien Samaha and Hadley+Maxwell". rdc.reed.edu. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  15. ^ "The Searchers". e-flux.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  16. ^ "Beirut, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout". en.oslokunstforening.no. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

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