Damascus Gallery

Mustafa Ali Art Gallery and Foundation Damascus, Syria. March 2007. This workshop was developed as part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition. An international exhibition curated and sponsored by the Open Society Institute a private operating and grant making foundation based in New York City. James Nubile, whose photographs are included in the Moving Walls exhibition, taught this five-day workshop to ten photographers. Housed in the heart of the Old City, the group of ten participants was representative of the diverse demographic that make up the city of Damascus. From different age groups, social and economic backgrounds and levels in photography, everyone in the group shared a passion for the medium and the group editing sessions and discussions were intense and beneficial. The subjects chosen by the group were very different, some taking a conceptual approach and others a more traditional documentary or journalistic style. Each person worked hard during the five days to put together a body of work that was edited into a group show and presented as a public projection at the Mustafa Ali gallery.

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Alaa Hassan