Reflecting Beirut Canvas Print

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At the entrance of Beirut Exhibition Center in the late afternoon light, the reflection of these new buildings on a small shallow pond immediately drew my attention. Placing my cam practically on the water plane I found the composition too much like a deja-vu, so I just used my free hand to create some ripples on the water surface to add some necessary rhythm and punch to the serenity of the scene.

So many beautiful things around us, fleeting moments which too often remain unnoticed. They are looking at us, watching us, calling us silently, hoping to be noticed, remembered, and maybe immortalized with a photograph. Professional photographer in Lebanon and the US since 1972, and photography professor at the American University of Beirut from 1997 to 2020, I have always made it a point to find time to create my very own images, looking, seeing, appreciating, and dwelling in the scene, trying to bring out and share the essence of what I see through the viewfinder, which I love to call “My Magic Window”. A look in the eyes, a tree in the sun, dancing reflections on water, all whispering to my senses “Look at...