A book by Karl Bassil, in collaboration with Negar Azimi and Katia Boyadjian. Published by the Arab Image Foundation (Beirut) and Archive Books (Berlin).
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📣 OPENING TODAY! Becoming Van Leo is a long-overdue retrospective of a compelling transnational artist. 📸 His experimental 1940s & 1950s self-portraiture made him one of the Arab world’s most celebrated studio photographers 🇦🇲🇪🇬
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Cette célèbre photo (ma préférée) de Sherihan a été prise par le grand photographe armeno-egyptien Van Léo. Fait rare Sherihan a accepté de parler de cette photo et de l’œuvre de Van Léo à l’occasion d’un ouvrage et d’une exposition sur l’artiste, rendu possible par la @aifcom ♥️
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📸 OPENING SOON! Becoming Van Leo is the first major international survey of the late Armenian Egyptian photographer. Born to Armenian parents in Turkey in 1921, Van Leo made his home in Cairo. 🇪🇬 Between 1940 and 1960, he was one of the most famous Arab studio photographers.
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“I told Van Leo, ‘I have an idea. Could we organize a shoot with Dalida?’ He didn’t know who Dalida was but of course he understood quickly that she was famous and he was interested. I proposed the idea to Dalida, too, and she also was interested. I think the whole comeback of…
From Leon Boyadjian’s belongings:
1–2) Lenticular photography memorabilia ahead of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, June 2, 1953.
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Beginning in the late 1930s, Van Leo made hundreds of dazzling and uncanny self-portraits. What does his archive tell us about the mysteries of identity? aperture.org/editorial/the-c…
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The 3-volume publication 'Becoming Van Leo' has been shortlisted for this year's Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards. Through the efforts of the @aifcom the photographic work of Van Leo has been introduced to an international audience. Congrats and good luck to @KarlBassil
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Announcing the 2022 @ParisPhotoFair–Aperture PhotoBook Awards Shortlist ✨Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, see the 35 shortlisted titles. aperture.org/editorial/annou…
‘Becoming Van Leo’ is shortlisted, along with nine other books, for the 2022 Paris Photo – Aperture PhotoBook Awards in the category “PhotoBook of the Year.”
Winners will be selected and revealed in November.
May the best book win!
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It is a recognition of the oeuvre of Van Leo/Leon Boyadjian and his brother Angelo they would have been pleased by and proud of.
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Slipcase cover photo:
Self-portrait.
Cairo, ca. early 1950s.
By Leon Boyadjian / Van Leo
Van-Leo collection at AUC
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Just published. A review of my book Becoming Van Leo.
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Sherihan by Van Leo, Cairo, 1976.
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Van Leo collection at the Arab Image Foundation @aifcom
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Our latest newsletter celebrates the photo studio in all its glory, this space that allows us to play pretend, or alternatively, to play out the sincerest version of ourselves that may exist.
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