Akram Zaatari
Biographic Data
| ID | 5641406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akram Zaatari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akram |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaatari |
| SIGNATURE | ZAATARI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Artist (based in Beirut) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
History and photographic memory
In this interview, artist Akram Zaatari reflects on his longstanding work with photographic heritage in the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora, and considers the different ways in which he has used photographs to illuminate and unfold historical truths. Charting divergencies and disagreements around issues of preservation that have arisen over the years within the Arab Image Foundation (of which he is one of the founders), Zaatari po…
Photography as Apparatus
Photographs are affected by their means of production, reproduction, and distribution. The social and political economy in which they circulate, in turn, imbricates the very fabric and content of a...
The singular of seeing
My friends are aware of my close relationship with the popular Egyptian films of the 1940s and 1950s. I perceive them as a rich archive, rarely ‘read’, despite their regular broadcast on most Arab
Photography as Apparatus
Photographs are affected by their means of production, reproduction, and distribution. The social and political economy in which they circulate, in turn, imbricates the very fabric and content of a...
The singular of seeing
My friends are aware of my close relationship with the popular Egyptian films of the 1940s and 1950s. I perceive them as a rich archive, rarely ‘read’, despite their regular broadcast on most Arab
Photography as Apparatus
Photographs are affected by their means of production, reproduction, and distribution. The social and political economy in which they circulate, in turn, imbricates the very fabric and content of a...
History and photographic memory
In this interview, artist Akram Zaatari reflects on his longstanding work with photographic heritage in the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora, and considers the different ways in which he has used photographs to illuminate and unfold historical truths. Charting divergencies and disagreements around issues of preservation that have arisen over the years within the Arab Image Foundation (of which he is one of the founders), Zaatari po…
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Photography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 work) · Communication (1 work)