Nassouh Zaghlouleh
Biography
Born in Damascus, Syria in 1958, Nassouh Zaghlouleh is contemporary photographer whose large body of work has been built over several decades. 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 Photographic Communication from L’école Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1987. In 2003, he began teaching at the city’s International Institute for Image and Sound.
Since launching his artistic career, Zaghlouleh has assisted with the filming of 20 documentary films and has taken over 80,000 photographs. Yet, out of choice, his first public debut of his work was not until 2007, when he held a solo exhibition at Ayyam Gallery Damascus. Featuring over two dozen of his photographs, the exhibition “From Paris to Damascus,” marked an important milestone in his career. Since then he has received participated in a number of events including the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, the exhibitions “Dialogues with the East”, which was organized in conjunction with the Mas Iglesias Image Centre in Barcelona and Seville in Spain, and a number of solo and group shows with Ayyam Gallery.
Zaghlouleh’s images of Damascus, in which he exhibits seasoned variations on light and composition, capture the essence of the city, one defined 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 give life to the metropolis. Recently he has begun to take a more experimental approach to his work, creating a series of digital photographs entitled “Trance,” in which the human body becomes a visual point of entry.
Artist Press
Nassouh Zaghlouleh 'Light Affinities', Happynings MagazineDownload PDF (3.3 MB)
Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH "Internal Dialogues on Film", Forward Magazine October 2008
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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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Selected Works
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