Lucien Samaha is a

Lebanese-American Lebanese Americans () are Americans of Lebanese descent. This includes both those who are native to the United States of America, as well as immigrants from Lebanon and Latin America. Lebanese Americans comprise 0.79% of the American populatio ...

photographer and artist based in New York City.

Life and career

Samaha was born in Beirut and migrated to the US in 1970. He attended

Annandale High School Annandale High School is a State school, public high school in Annandale, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. The school's student body has been recognized for its high level of racial and cultural ...

and

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

. He was a flight attendant with

Trans World Airlines Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles ...

from 1978 to 1986. In 1990, he was the recipient of the first Eastman Kodak Company Professional Photography Division Scholarship ever given to a photographer and later joined the

Eastman Kodak Company The Eastman Kodak Company, referred to simply as Kodak (), is an American public company that produces various products related to its historic basis in film photography. The company is headquartered in Rochester, New York, and is incorporated i ...

. He was one of the original members of the

Arab Image Foundation The Arab Image Foundation (, ''al-Muʾassasah al-ʿArabiyyah lil-Ṣūrah'') is a non-profit organization established in Beirut in 1997. It aims to track down, collect, preserve and study photographs from the Middle East, North Africa and the Ara ...

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 2008: ''Uneasy About Beirut'', Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA * 2013: ''The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986'', Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA * 2016: ''The Actor's Shadow'', Sibiu City Hall, Romania * 2016: ''The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema'',

Transilvania International Film Festival The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF; ) is the first international feature film festival in Romania, which is held annually in the historic capital of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. Founded in 2002 by the Romanian Film Promotion (), TIFF ...

, Romania * 2019: ''A History of Digital Photography'',

Pioneer Works Pioneer Works is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit cultural arts center in the Red Hook, Brooklyn, Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City that was founded by artist Dustin Yellin in 2012. Pioneer Works includes a large exhibition spac ...

, New York, USA

Group exhibitions

* 2008: ''Good is What Pleases'',

Museum für Moderne Kunst The Museum für Moderne Kunst (''Museum of Modern Art''), or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. It is part of Frankfurt's Museumsuf ...

, Frankfurt, Germany * 2006: ''Persona-Personae'', Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA * 2006: ''I Want To Show You Somewhere'', Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Oregon, USA * 2007: ''The Searchers'', EFA Gallery, New York, USA * 2018: ''Beirút, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout'',

Oslo Kunstforening ] Oslo Kunstforening is a contemporary art gallery and art society located in Oslo, Norway. History Oslo Kunstforening is located at ''Rådhusgata 19''. The gallery, situated in one of the oldest houses in the Kvadraturen area, is the oldest art ...

, Oslo, Norway

References

External links

* American photographers Lebanese diaspora in the United States Rochester Institute of Technology alumni 1958 births Living people Annandale High School alumni {{US-photographer-stub