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  • Talk | Lebanese Copyright Laws in Visual Arts and Photography

    Talk | Lebanese Copyright Laws in Visual Arts and Photography

    19:00 -21:00
    06/03/2019
    Beirut Center of Photography
    Art Nub Beirut

    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Beirut Center of Photography – BCP and Art Nub Beirut cordially invite you to attend Lebanese Copyright Laws in Visual Arts with a particular emphasis on photography a talk by attorney and photographer Serge Najjar.

    In an era where the abundance of visual material is easily accessible, users often neglect the legal risks involved in using images protected by copyright.

    Many creators are either unaware that laws protecting their creations exist or do not know them well.

    Serge will discuss the moral and patrimonial copyright laws and will create a debate around the subject as well as the society’s need for fair access to visual material in various domains including the internet, television, cinema, and print.

    Date and Time:
    Wednesday, March 6, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

    Location:
    Art Nub Beirut
    85 Elias Medawar street, Abou Jaoude building, 2nd floor, Achrafieh, Lebanon

    Important: The number of seats being limited, kindly reserve by writing to info@bcplebanon.org

    Biography:

    Serge Najjar, Ph.D. (Paris II – Assas) is an attorney at law and a senior associate in Ibrahim Najjar Law Firm. He is specialized in property and commercial law. He has worked on various projects
    aiming to modernize Lebanese laws related to copyright, intellectual and industrial property. He is also an award-winning photographer.

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  • Exhibition | International competition of women photographers

    Exhibition | International competition of women photographers

    18:30 -22:00
    07/03/2019
    Institut français du Liban

    Institut Français Du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon

    Institut Français Du Liban, Beirut, Lebanon

    MARCH 2019
    Month of the Francophonie in Lebanon
    In the feminine!

    International competition for women photographers
    / International Women Photographers Award
    From Thursday 7 to Saturday, March 30
    Gallery French Institute of Lebanon
    Free admission

    Opening Thursday 7 March at 18:30

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    The International Association of Women Photographers aims to promote women photographers around the world. It acts as a global platform to increase their visibility to an international audience, professional or amateur. As part of this mission, the IWPA Prize offers a traveling exhibition to major cities and capitals in the Middle East, Europe and Asia, presenting the work of the laureate and finalists.
    In order to promote and encourage the expression of the new talents of women photographers, Dubai, Beirut, Amman, Paris, Delhi and Riyadh wanted to associate to host exhibitions in 2019 of this photography prize. The exhibition is inaugurated every year in March, the month of women in the world.
    The IWPA exhibition presents a selection of images from each photographer’s series. In 2019, participants had the choice between the “free theme” or the theme “Brotherhood”. The diversity, richness and quality of their works speak for themselves.

    Winner: Wan Chee Chan (China – HK) –
    Finalists: Solmaz Daryani (Iran – UK) – Sydney Lea Lebour (France) – Olya Morvan (Ukraine) – Olga Kukush (Ukraine) – Maryam Firuzi (Iran) – Mahsa Ahrabi Fard ( Iran) – Liliana Velasquez (Mexico) – Laura Pannack (United Kingdom) – Maria Contreras Coll (Spain) – Felicia Simion (Romanian)

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    Opening hours
    Monday – Friday | 10am – 7pm
    Saturday | 10 am – 3 pm
    Closed on Sundays.

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Photopia Egypt’s leading photography institution is seeking to raise awareness around photography.


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Amid Egypt’s ‘January Revolution’ of 2011, former banker and photography enthusiast Marwa Abu Leila abandoned her eleven-year corporate career to venture off into the world of Image making. Out of shared interest, friends and co-founders, Abu Leila and Karim El Khadem entered the world of photography with a neutral and raw approach. Without any preconceived […]

Visual Storytelling Through Experimentation and Mixed Media A crossing between photography and fine arts by Lebanese Photographer Caroline Tabet

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Echoing a poetic, and melancholic visual, is the meticulously surreal dual portrait of Aurélia and Raïa, from the series ‘Ombres projetées’ a collaborative body of work by Lebanese photographer Caroline Tabet and designer Wafa Aoun. Photographed with a medium format analog camera, in the old Abroyan textile factory in Burj Hammoud, a neighborhood situated in […]

Scholarship to attend the Tanya Habjouqa workshop at GPP Photo Week 2019


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In an effort to provide the education, mentorship and an opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, emerging photographers and artists from MENA, SouthEast Asia and Africa are invited to submit their applications for a scholarship offered by Gulf Photo Plus (GPP) to attend the Tanya Habjouqa’s documentary photography workshop at GPP Photo Week 2019. Preferred applicants are photographers and […]

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