Nassouh Zaghlouleh
Biography
Born in Damascus, Syria in 1958, Nassouh Zaghlouleh is one of the Arab world's most accomplished photographers. Developing a love for the medium at an early age, he went on to refine his craft in France and received a graduate degree in Plastic Arts from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris in 1990. In 2003, he began teaching at the city's International Institute for Image and Sound.
Having spent decades in the field, Zaghlouleh has produced 20 documentary films and over 70,000 photographs. Although his oeuvre has been a lifetime in the making, his images were not shown to the public until 2007, when he had a solo exhibition at Ayyam Gallery Damascus and at which time the gallery published a monograph on his work. Featuring over two dozen of his photographs, the exhibition "From Paris to Damascus," marked an important milestone in his career, throwing the door wide open on one of the Middle Eastern art scene's best kept secrets. Since then he has received substantial exposure through a number of events including the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair and group shows of Arab art with Ayyam.
His striking images of Damascus, in which he exhibits seasoned variations on light and composition, capture the essence of the city, one defined in the artist's eyes by its old alleyways. Their barren structures, dark passages and looming shadows cast the perfect light for his explorations. His images are of a solitary existence, of the quiet that falls over the arteries of the city as its inhabitants go about their daily lives, merely passing between these walls as they make their way to their destinations. For Zaghlouleh it is this often overlooked side of Damascus and its complex system of channels that breathes life into the metropolis.
Artist Press
Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH "Internal Dialogues on Film", Forward Magazine October 2008Download PDF (243 K)
Nassouh Zaghlouleh "Capturing the Essence", Syria Today August 2008
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Artist Exhibitions
Levant Summer 4 Jul - 15 Aug, 2009View Exhibition
Black vs Colour 16 Oct - 30 Nov, 2008
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"From Paris to Damascus", Nassouh Zaghlouleh 19 May - 9 Jun, 2007
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Artist Publications
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Ayyam Editions
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Selected Works
NZ35 Nassouh Zaghlouleh "Striptease Series" 110 x 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008
NZ36 Nassouh Zaghlouleh "Striptease Series" 110 x 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008
NZ37 Nassouh Zaghlouleh "Striptease Series" 110 x 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008
NZ41 Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH 'Striptease Series' 110 X 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008
NZ42 Nassouh Zaghlouleh "Striptease Series" 110 x 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008
NZ44 Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH 'Striptease Series' 110 X 110 cm. C-Print PlexiFrame 7 Editions 2008