Hashem El Madani

Hashem El Madani (1928 – 8 August 2017) was a Lebanese photographer.[1][2] During his 50-year career he produced over 75,000 images and photographed 90% of Sidon's inhabitants.[2]

Madani was born in Sidon to a father from Madina, Saudi Arabia, who was sent to Sidon as a representative of the Islamic Awqaf.[3] Madani opened his photography studio, Studio Shehrazade, in 1953.[4][5]

References
  1. Alex Greenberger (8 August 2017). "Hashem El Madani, Influential Lebanese Portrait Photographer, Dies". ARTNEWS. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. S.J. (17 August 2017). "Hashem El Madani and the private lives of the Lebanese". The Economist. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  3. Madani, Hashem; Feuvre, Lisa Le; Zaʻatarī, Akram, eds. (2004). Hashem El Madani: studio practices (illustrated ed.). Arab Image Foundation. p. 19. ISBN 9789953003238.
  4. Natasha Caruana; Anna Fox (2012). Basics Creative Photography 03: Behind the Image: Research in Photography (illustrated ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 155. ISBN 9782940447312.
  5. Dymond, Anne Elizabeth; Jirat-Wasiutyński, Vojtěch, eds. (2007). Modern Art and the Idea of the Mediterranean (illustrated ed.). University of Toronto Press. p. 231. ISBN 9780802091703.


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