Arab Image Foundation: Half a million images that tell the Middle East's true tales
Hand-coloured portrait of Hussein and Ahmed Assad by Anis el Soussi in Lebanon, January 1, 1946, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Fahime Zeidan Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Promotional portrait annotated by the Alfredo Yazbek, Mexico, 1950s, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Alfredo Yazbek Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Arab photography archive releases 22,000 historic images online
Selim Abu Izzedine’s Portrait of a woman on a horse (1900s, Egypt) has been digitally converted from a gelatin silver negative on glass Faysal Abu Izzeddin Collection; Courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Le patrimoine photographique régional à portée de clic
Portrait de rue, Mohammad Arabi, Tripoli, Liban, 1950-1960. Tirage gélatino-argentique. Collection FAI reproduite avec l’autorisation de la Fondation arabe pour l’image.
Portrait of a woman on a horse, Selim Abu Izzedine, Egypt, 1900s, digital conversion of a gelatin silver negative on glass. Faysal Abu Izzeddin Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation.
La Fondation Arabe pour l’image (FAI) lance sa nouvelle plateforme en ligne
Autoportraits, Jad Mikhail, Ramallah, Palestine, 1944, Tirages gélatinoargentiques, montés sur carton. Collection Jad Mikhail, reproduit avec l'autorisation de la Fondation Arabe pour l'Image.
The Arab Image Foundation is an independent association forging new pathways for photography and image practices. Uniquely positioned at the intersection of artistic creation, research, and archiving, we explore, question and confront the complex social and political realities of our times.
Our collection of over 500,000 photographic objects and documents from and related to the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora has been gradually assembled over the last 25 years by artists and researchers and through donations. With a critical and innovative approach, we collect, rethink, preserve, animate and understand these photographs through their multiple strata, and enrich the collection in the process.