Akram Zaatari: Hashem El Madani

The photographic legacy of Hashem el Madani provides a rich and varied insight into a fore-by-gone period of Lebanese people and their social relations. Black and white images depict well dressed romantic couples, people smoking water-pipes, relaxed, posing liberation fighters, and ice-cream vendors The photographs have been drawn from the archives of the Arab Image Foundation and compiled by co-founder and artist, Akram Zaatari.