Shabrouh Water Dam

Shabrouh Water Dam is near Faraya.
Shabrouh Dam is futile because the Lebanese Government did not build a water network to enable the water to reach the houses from the Dam. Damn it!

Water Dam, Zaarour

The dam spreads most of the water in Mount Lebanon.

Urban Chaos

This shot was taken from a roof in highly crowded city of Bourj Hammoud, the Armenian neighbourhood.

almaza Beer Factory, Dora

Almaza (Brasserie Almaza S.A.L.) is a Lebanese brewery, founded in 1933 in Dora by Lebanese shareholders, mainly the Jabre family, the Almaza Brewery was initially called "Brasserie Franco-Libano-Syrienne". Almaza began with a capital of 30000 LBP whereas today its capital is 35 billion LBP.

In 1950 the name of the brewery changed and became "Brasserie et Malterie Almaza". In 1960, the second generation of shareholders took over the management of the brewery. After the war of Lebanon in the 1990s the brewery took its final name: "Brasserie Almaza S.A.L."

Almaza exports to Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, France, Australia and in the Gulf countries.

Sassine Square, Achrafieh, Beirut

This area of Beirut is both scenic, orderly, and quite a location for those Francophones out there. Achrafieh, the mainly Christian area of Beirut is a hotbed of commerce and most of all, of politics, in the middle of the square is a memorial to Bachir Gemayel.

ABC,Ashrafieh

The shopping mall ABC

Riad as-Solh - رياض الصلح

The statue of Riad as-Solh stands in Downtown Beirut.
Riad was the first Prime Minister of Lebanon after the country's independence.

Saint Nicolas Stairs, Beirut

Saint Nicholas Stairs is in Gemmayze, Beirut and it's a National Cultural Heritage.
This place is the born place of many artists.
Daraj El Fan, meaning the stairs of art, is an art exhibition on the long 212 steps of Saint Nicholas Stairs.

Street, Beirut

Martyts' Square, Beirut

My shot of Martyrs' Square (taken on April 11 2006) was chosen for Floortje Dessing's travel book "25 Wereldrootes",which is autor's second release.


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Focus On Myself

I'm a Lebanese freelance photographer.
I started my career when I got a digital camera for the first time on January 2006 which was a Canon Powershot SD400.
Many of my shots is used for online news stories & blogs.
My biggest influences are :
classical photography : Antoine Désilets, Edward Steichen, Yousuf Karsh and Hovhannes Djeredjian (aka Shiraz).
contemporary photography : Howard Schatz, Frans Lanting

Timeline

1 - August 17 1989 : Date of birth
2 - March 21 2006 : Registration on flickr
3 - November 24 2006 : A photo for RTL TV's Floortje Dessing's travel book "25 Wereldroots"
4 - March 25 2007 : Worked as 2nd photographer with a team of wedding photographers, which includes pro Albert Hasserjian of Photo Nerses.
I still randomly work with the team.
5 - June 24 2007 : Founding the "Lebanese Photographers" the online community-forum, which is abandoned because of "non activeness".
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