Ghaleb Cabbabé was born in Beirut during the Civil War. A trained architect, he carried several missions for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Afghanistan, South Sudan and Congo. He studied photography at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
His work was among the top-rated entries in the Lens Culture and Magnum Photography Awards, shortlisted at Athens Photo Festival, Belfast Photo festival, published in Fotofilmic, Aint-Bad, National Geographic Thailand and Vice Arabia, and exhibited in Beirut, Prague, and Paris.
Ghaleb Cabbabé's photographic practice is at the crossroads of several approaches. He strives to express his personal impression through formal but also narrative choices which give him a specific writing in his documentary work.
