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Lucien Samaha is a Lebanese-American photographer and artist based in New York City.[1][2]

Lucien Samaha
Born	1958 Beirut, Lebanon
Known for	Photography

Life and career

Samaha was born in Beirut, and emigrated to the US in 1970.[3] He attended Annandale High School and Rochester Institute of Technology.[4] He was a Flight Attendant with Trans World Airlines 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.[5][6] He was one of the original members of the Arab Image Foundation.[7]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2008: Uneasy About Beirut, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[8]
• 2013: The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA[9]
• 2016: The Actor's Shadow, Sibiu City Hall, Romania
• 2016: The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema, Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania[10]
• 2019: A History of Digital Photography, Pioneer Works, New York, USA[11]

Group exhibitions

• 2008: Good is What Pleases, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany[12]
• 2006: Persona-Personae, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA[13]
• 2006: I Want To Show You Somewhere, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Oregon, USA[14]
• 2007: The Searchers, EFA Gallery, New York, USA[15]
• 2018: Beirút, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway[16]

References

External links

• Official website

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