Parisian Autumn

"There I recognise no masters! There I am free"

I can only think of one experience which might exceed in interest a few hours spent deep down under water in a place where no human being  has ever been before.

 With the art director Mirella Salameh

Romanticising Sitges (Catalunia)

Music Video From the Movie "Tourbillon de la Vie"

A film by Yasmine Ghorayeb

Director of photography Marc LeBlanc

Art director Mirella Salameh

Music from Nosaj Thing "Fog"

The Haunted Bride

She seeks to discover what lies on the other side, hoping to find something fantastic, or to dive into the unexpected unknown where everything grows old under the power of nature and is forgotten through the lapse of time, The Haunted Bride...

I also want to thank many persons for their help and support, The Model Patricia Rahmeh, Dima Boulad for the art direction, Jose Khouros for the catering and the making of shoot, Clem C Yanoumea for her help and Alicia Fahed for the dress.

Fashion in Catalunia

I went to Spain to take part in a workshop at Afilm Institute, which lasted three months. 

It was a cinematography (camera and lighting) workshop with the Panavision instructor Juan Fernandez.

After the first month there I met lots of people and found myself doing a fashion day shoot with more than ten models, most of them I was not introduced to before the shoot.

So I prepared my back up art direction and did everything on location, manipulating the day light using many reflectors and diffusers.

Conceptual Fashion Shoot 2011

A freelance fashion photography for a Lebanese Fashion Designer.
I tried to integrate the brand in the shoot through the cinematic lighting and decoration I created.
I could have used studio flash but I always prefer to go into the still light, which allows me to create a cinematic mood, therefore I worked on this project as if it was a short movie; by rehearsing with many models before, and by aliening the chosen model through the wig and the make up. 

The fact that I create my own decoration with the lighting, allowed me to deliver the mood I imagined to this shoot.

Distorted Gaze 2010

I walk by alone, in the empty streets, passing by the motionless stores.
Calm yet bizarre, the mannequins stare at me, longing for my gaze, trying to share their thoughts.
Each mannequin has her own character; while looking into their eyes, they move me. 

One by one they are influenced by what we make them wear.

By taking these photographs I attempted to bring life into these faces. I tried to alter their sad reality by taking a double and triple exposure on every single face, making them virtually get away. 

Each character spoke to me differently, and gave me the liberty to pair her up with an alternative imagery.

A street quote full of meaning but lacking appearance, paired up with an alive puppet with a perfected and plastic look... "Distorted Gaze"

All the photographs are taken straight from a diaporama slide film scan without any editing, therefore the editing was made during the shoot and not the post part.
These photos were exhibited in the Lebanese Photographers Journal and Spread Minds Lebanon, and they were selected in many competitions.