Edmond al-Khoury worked for 45 years at the Dalati & Nohra agency and served as vice president of the Union of Lebanese Photographers from 1994 to 1997. (Image provided by the Nicolas Sursock Museum)
No need to have lived through the Lebanese Civil War to recognize its reflection in the photographs of Edmond al-Khoury, displayed in the library of the Nicolas Sursock Museum. In black and white, in medium format or 13 x 18 centimeters, the 147 images speak for themselves of a past that continues to define us today. This is where the title of the exhibition "A Message Without Code" comes from, "because it is a clear message, which does not need to be decrypted," explained Rowina Bou Harb, director of archives at the museum.To illustrate the bloodiest episode in Beirut's modern history, the photographer immortalized everything: children, the injured, the dead, debris, but also weddings celebrated during a brief truce, determined fighters celebrating a "victory," skiing enthusiasts on snowy slopes, or...
No need to have lived through the Lebanese Civil War to recognize its reflection in the photographs of Edmond al-Khoury, displayed in the library of the Nicolas Sursock Museum. In black and white, in medium format or 13 x 18 centimeters, the 147 images speak for themselves of a past that continues to define us today. This is where the title of the exhibition "A Message Without Code" comes from, "because it is a clear message, which does not need to be decrypted," explained Rowina Bou Harb, director of archives at the museum.To illustrate the bloodiest episode in Beirut's modern history, the photographer immortalized everything: children, the injured, the dead, debris, but also weddings celebrated during a brief truce, determined fighters celebrating a "victory," skiing enthusiasts on snowy slopes, or...