Mapping sitting : on portraiture and photography

We cite from the cover :
"Fondation Arabe pour l'Image is a non-profit organization that was established in Beirut (Lebanon) in 1997 to locate, collect, preserve, interpret and present the photographic heritage and visual culture of the Middle East and North Africa from the early 19th century to the present. The ongoing research and acquisition of photographs started in 1997 and covered to date, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Iraq. The collections acquired include 50,000 photographs covering the time period between 1860 and 1970. Fondation Arabe pour l'Image aims to make its collection accessible to the general public, through the wide spectrum of activities it initiates, among which are exhibitions, publications, videos and website. FAI project was made possible thanks to a committee of private donors, the Audi Bank, the European Commission, the Prince Claus Fund, the Getty Grant Program and the Ford Foundation."
"This book contains 905 photographs from Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine and Jordan, taken between the 1920s and the 1970s."