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π https://www.1854.photography/2024/05/arab-image-foundation-nasser-eddin-interview/
"Arab Image Foundation was established in Beirut in 1997 by photographers Fouad Elkoury and Samer Mohdad with artist Akram Zaatari, in response to the lack of photographic archives in Lebanon and beyond, and the destruction of those that remained. Without public funding, and despite disasters such as the civil war, car bombs, the 2020 explosion, and an ongoing financial crisis β the Lebanese pound was devalued by 90 per cent in February 2023 β it has established itself as a key photographic institution in the region. AIF now holds about 600,000 photographic objects and documents in its collection, relating to the Middle East, North Africa, and its diaspora." [Diane Smith/British Journal of Photography]
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