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This portrait of famed ArmenianEgyptian studio photographer Van Leo whose career spanned some 50 years is also a reflection on transformations in the practice of photography from handdeveloping to digital manipulation As Zaatari puts it Van Leo used photography to display multiple images of himself assuming different identities At a time when nationalism was rising in Egypt Van Leo was plotting encouraging and promoting multiple subjectivities
Theatrical
Jan 10, 2001