Beirut Mirage Metal Print

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I created this mirrored panoramic compositing of downtown Beirut silhouetted cityscape a few years back when the area had not yet been taken over by frantic construction works, thus allowing me to capture the view from an angle which unfortunately cannot be found today, giant buildings having popped up between the scene and where I was standing to capture it. It shows in the foreground the Armenian church, and the gigantic Al Amin mosque in the background. This view actually lasted the time of a mirage. That is the main reason why I tried to render it as a surreal moment.

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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...