(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, August 10, 2013 ) Montreal, Canada -- Chafic Ahmad Soussi, who passed a decade prior, was a photographic pioneer, and a man who compiled the faces of an ever changing nation in Lebanon over his 50-year career.
He was born into a humble Sidon lifestyle in 1920. Lebanon escaped the trappings of the Ottoman empire and entered French-controlled rule of the colony. As a teenager, he accepted an invitation to join Anis, his brother, in the opening of a photography workshop. The business was the first of its kind in Lebanon to be established within the Muslim south. The studio was called “Studio Soussi” and it became well known in the area.
Chafic was forced to meld his craft through his job, which meant leaning quickly and on the fly. His tinting techniques would become a craft which became synonymous with his the studio and himself.
City locals were lured in by the magic and wonderment of photography. This afforded Soussi a chance to take their photographs in the studio itself. Both Chafic and Anis handled passport photos, family portraits, and personalized shots throughout the years they worked in Lebanon. Following Chafic's death, his family compiled the photos that the men had compiled over the years.
The mix of people were astoundingly differing in their look, style, and manner within the photos. For Chafic, the differing faces upon the streets is what lured him out of the study. His career spanned civil wars, foreign invasions, and civil unrest, all of which added to his astounding collection.
Photos such as those of a young Anwar Sadat, years prior o rising to the position of Egyptian president, or Camille Chamoun, President of Lebanon, were just a couple of so many examples of a storied career in the bed of humanity that is Lebanon.
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