Van Leo Photography
Van leo managed to establish a special rapport with his subject based on his interpretation.
Van leo photography. Inspired by postcards of hollywood movie stars it was no surprise that he became the photographer of choice for entertainers the elite and those seeking an artistic portrait for posterity. Jan 21 2016 portraits and self portraits for the greatest photographer van leo المصدر. Van leo born levon boyodjian elevated portrait photography to new heights by creating imagery that accentuated his subjects features through manipulation of lights and shadows. As a portraitist his lens captured egyptian divas of the time.
Van leo s constant complaint in his later years expressed more than once in the film was his belief that the craft of art photography had been overthrown by the creation of colour photography and video a view given little credence by zaatari but nonetheless a theme seized upon by the director at another level. Van leo 1920 2002 ran a photography studio in cairo during world war ii. مكتبة الكتب النادرة والمجموعات الخاصة بالجامعة الأمريكية. See more ideas about leo photographer egyptian.
See more ideas about leo van egyptian. Known as the leading portrait photographer for cairo s entertainment elite and other well known public figures such as omar sherif doria shafik and taha hussein van leo also pursued art photography most notably in a series of inventive. In a certain sense he had the tenacity to give shape to an independent genre autonomous both of fashion photography and of psychological or naturalistic portraiture. Leon boyadjian was born to a middle class armenian family who had moved to cairo in the early 1880s.
Sep 29 2019 egyptian armenian photographer. Van leo 1921 2002 was egypt s premiere 20 th century studio photographer his work spanning the late 1930s to the late 1990s. To van leo artistic photography ended in egypt with the changeover. Van leo born levon alexander boyadjian november 20 1921 march 18 2002 was an armenian egyptian photographer who became known for his numerous self portraits and portraits of celebrities of his time.