Lucien Samaha
Born1958
Beirut, Lebanon
Known forPhotography

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

Life and career

Samaha was born in Beirut and migrated to the US in 1970.[2] He attended Annandale High School and Rochester Institute of Technology.[3] He was a flight attendant with Trans World Airlines from 1978 to 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.[4] He was one of the original members of the Arab Image Foundation.[5]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 2008: Uneasy About Beirut, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[6]
  • 2013: The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA[7]
  • 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[8]
  • 2019: A History of Digital Photography, Pioneer Works, New York, USA[9]

Group exhibitions

  • 2008: Good is What Pleases, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany[10]
  • 2006: Persona-Personae, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[11]
  • 2006: I Want To Show You Somewhere, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Oregon, USA[12]
  • 2007: The Searchers, EFA Gallery, New York, USA[13]
  • 2018: Beirút, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Observational Knowledge: Lucien Samaha Interviewed by Regine Basha". Bomb. February 5, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
    - Holland Cotter (July 4, 2013). "Lucien Samaha: 'The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986'". The New York Times. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lucien Samaha". Ibraaz. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Catherine Kirkpatrick (November 20, 2019). "A History of Digital Photography – Lucien Samaha at Pioneer Works". Art Spiel. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ "A History of Digital Photography Lucien Samaha". Pioneer Works. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
    - Sarah Cascone (December 2, 2019). "Editors' Picks: 15 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week". Artnet News. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. ↑ Marina Lorenzini (July 31, 2013). "The Camaraderie of Living in the Skies". Hyperallergic. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lucien Samaha is uneasy about Beirut". Artslant. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  7. ↑ David Rosenberg (August 11, 2013). "An Insider's Look Flight Attendants in the 1970s and '80s". Slate. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. ↑ ""The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema" by Lucien Samaha". TIFF. May 22, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. ↑ "ART OUT: LUCIEN SAMAHA: A HISTORY OF DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY". Musée. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  10. ↑ Vladimir Gintoff (June 27, 2013). "An Interview with Lucien Samaha (2013)". ASX. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Persona-Personae in New York". Rhizome. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  12. ↑ "I want to show you somewhere: Lucien Samaha and Hadley+Maxwell". Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  13. ↑ "The Searchers". The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Beirut, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout". Oslo Kunstforening. Retrieved October 9, 2020.


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