January 22, 2014

Standing in the center of the spartan room with white brick walls and cement  floor, the viewer, silent or whispering, concentrated or busy scrolling through  smartphone, discovers the videos brought…

The selection of artists on view at the Souks des Bijoutiers in Beirut is a motley one. A glass of wine in hand, I pass from Mediterranean fishermen by Stratis…

Born in Beirut, Tony El Hage is primarily a press photographer. For Photomed, he went through his archives from the 1980s, back when he was starting out in France. “I remember almost…

Fouad Elkoury (b. 1952) began his career during the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990). For Photomed, the photographer revisited  this period in his professional and personal life. “Compiling, as everyone knows, is…

Between the shadows of Lebanon’s past and today, the photographers exhibiting their work at the Ex-Maqam gallery in the sanitized Saifi Village district in downtown Beirut represent the “young” generation,…

Of the two headliners of the 2014 edition of the festival, which tries every year to bring together big-name artists with emerging talent, only one was able to make the…

At the beginning of the Photomed adventure were two Philippes, both photo lovers and professionals. Philippe Heullant is an editor of specialized revues (Le Monde de l’Optique, Le Monde de…

Photomed is a festival held annually in the French city of Sanary-sur-Mer. A version of Photomed opened last weekend in Beirut and, like its older brother, the festival showcases the work of…