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Dumping the front sea of Normandy with public garbage to create an artificial island

1991 (printed c. 2013–2014)

Samer Mohdad

(Lebanese, b. 1964)
Culture
Lebanon
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
60 x 90 cm (23 5/8 x 35 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Julius L. Greenfield Photography Acquisition Fund 2017.123
Copyright
© Samer Mohdad
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

By 1991 when Mohdad took this photo, two decades of war had transformed Beirut from the Riviera of the Middle East to a ruined city desperately trying to emerge from the ashes. One area of the seaside promenade that been a locus for tourists until the war was Normandy, named for the oceanfront hotel there.

Dumping the front sea of Normandy with public garbage to create an artificial island

1991 (printed c. 2013–2014)

Samer Mohdad

(Lebanese, b. 1964)
Lebanon

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