A new exhibition in LA explores the life and work of Van Leo, an Armenian-Egyptian photographer whose self-portraits offer a nuanced exploration of gender, race and class
The desire to obsessively self-document is often understood as a contemporary phenomenon, driven by the need to forge compelling visual identities on social media. But long before selfies entered the lexicon, studio photography offered one self-portraitist the chance to inhabit the most expressive of alter-egos.was the pseudonym of Levon Boyadjian, an Armenian-Egyptian photographer who had a booming photography practice in Cairo from the 1930s.
experimenting extravagantly with costume, setting and light to transform himself into a prisoner, Zorro, a bejewelled woman, along with dozens of other guises.
, what constituted the Hollywood of the Arab world,” says Azimi. “Which is to say, his images of Omar Sharif, Sherihan, Rushdy Abaza and other Egyptian stars have long been celebrated. Still, I found that his portraits of the lesser-knowns, the aspiring actors and actresses, and even ordinary people whose names we don’t know, often touch me the most.Hammer Museum
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