EL-MADANI, Hashem

Studio Practices

Beirut / London: Arab Image Foundation / Mind the Gap / The Photographers' Gallery, 2004. Deluxe Edition. Octavo. Number 174 of 200 numbered copies; SIGNED by El-Madani with his studio stamp. Published on the occasion of the photograher's exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 14 October - 28 November, 2008. An artist's book of sorts, reproducing over 50 years of images from El-Madani's studio in Saida, Lebanon. From naked baby boys on sheepskin blankets, to Palestinian freedom fighters, to gay Arab body builders. Fine in black felt-covered boards.