BIOThe often conceptual & experimental photographs and installations of Lebanese artist Mohamad Badr elucidate his deep concern for social issues and his curiosity to explore human behavior and intimate territories. He started investigating the daily lives of locals in remote and extra-ordinary places, where his poetic documentation of rites of passage - from the blood-letting Ashoura rituals in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, to the Shivaratri rituals and public cremations in Kathmandu, Nepal and the daily struggles of locals in the informal settlement of Langa township, in Cape Town, South Africa - Mohamad questions the dynamics of cultural experience and the power structures contained therein. His recent works is a conceptual experimentation with in-camera multiple exposures where he is “exploring the deepest secrets of humans and cities and uncovering the duality of souls & cultural identities” in a 'visual structures’ format.
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Born in 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon, Mohamad Badr lives and works in Dubai. He is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2011 Shabab Ayyam Photography competition, and the Live Achrafieh Honorary Award for his contribution to the community (2011). He was also nominated for the fourth cycle of the Prix Pictet, the world’s leading photographic award in sustainability (2012). His work has since appeared in Power, the fifth book published by teNeues for the Prix Pictet, Uncommon Dubai, a book project that reveals the codes and constructs of places (2014) and in various regional art magazines and publications. He is the founder of the Lakum Hamra2akoum wa Li Hamra2i photography project in Lebanon, and Mosaic: Achrafieh International Photography Contest, Lebanon’s first international photography competition. Mohamad has exhibited in Dubai, Jeddah and Beirut including his controversial solo show: “The Power of…” at Ayyam Gallery, Beirut (2012).
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