Samer Mohdad


Samer Mohdad is a Lebanese-Belgian photographer, visual artist, writer and photojournalist.

Biography

Mohdad was born in Bzebdine, Lebanon on December 22, 1964. His family moved to Aley following the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. Mohdad moved to Belgium and obtained a degree in art of photography from École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc de Liège in Belgium. Following his graduation in 1988, he joined Agence Vu in Paris. He later obtained Belgian citizenship.
In 1990, Mohdad received a World Press Photo Award for General News. He held his first solo exhibition at Musée de l'Elysée in 1990.
Mohdad 1997 he established the Arab Image Foundation with Fouad Elkoury and Akram Zaatari in Beirut.

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