This photographic print was made to be sent as a postcard. It is unusual for its risqué depiction of a rather sexually extroverted young woman. The personnage, which is created entirely in the studio, is perhaps a woman of ‘lose … Continue reading →

Most probably an amateur photographer who lived in Alexandria. The snapshot in Lusadaran’s collection (catalogue PHT-00091) features a young woman who appears in a number of other similar snapshots by the same photographer that are obviously staged and performed for … Continue reading →

G. Utudjian was a society and glamour photographer, based in Paris, during the interwar period. His background and circumstances of settlement in France are not known. Utudjian photographed primarily for commercial purposes and his subjects included film and theatre personalities, … Continue reading →

For the past two decades, Van Leo’s photography has grown enormously in stature and is now considered one of the most pivotal stages of photography’s development in Egypt. Leon Boyadjian was born to a middle-class Armenian family who had moved … Continue reading →

Garo Varjabedian began to work as an apprentice with Alexandria-based photographer Apkar Retian in 1930 (according to Varjabedian’s son, Vahe). Later he moved to Cairo where he met Aram Alban, another major Egyptian/Armenian photographer. Varjabedian’s work came into its own … Continue reading →