Feature: What Is the Importance of Karimeh Abbud’s Photography?
PRESENTER
Laila K.
ORIGINAL CITY
Amman
Original Date
December 14, 2019
Description
Karimeh Abbud was the first Arab woman photographer who owned and operated her own namesake studio in Palestine. Abbud’s work was created between the 1920s to 1950s, and while photography was already an established profession throughout the Arab-speaking world, Abbud’s photographs have their own distinctive charm that separates her work from others. During the course of the presentation, Abbud’s oeuvre, specifically her studio portraits, are examined and placed alongside her male contemporaries.
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Sources & Future References
https://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/jq-articles/31_abbud_1.pdf.
2017: Dr. Issam Nassar, Beginnings of Photography in Palestine: Karimeh Abbud. n.d. Accessed November 6, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l9fouJz6pw.
Author A. 2016. “Who Was Karimeh Abbud? Part 1.” Palestine Exploration Fund Blog (blog). December 8, 2016. https://www.pef.org.uk/blog/who-was-karimeh-abbud-part-1/.
“Document View | Access World News – Historical and Current | NewsBank.” n.d. Accessed November 6, 2019. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.proxygw.wrlc.org/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AA8A2%21AramcoWorld%2B%2528Dhahran%252C%2BSaudi%2BArabia%2529&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=Karimeh%20Abbud&fld-base-0=alltext&docref=news/1726944D53840478.
“Nassar - Early Local Photography in Palestine The Legacy o.Pdf.” n.d. Accessed November 26, 2019. https://www.palestine-studies.org/sites/default/files/jq-articles/46-Early_local_photographer_2.pdf.
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