Kristen Gresh, Estrellita and Yousuf Karsh Assistant Curator of Photographs
Trace the Middle East’s photographic history from 1839 to contemporary times. Pyramids, sacred biblical sites, and staged harem scenes reflected 19th-century European conceptions fo the Middle East, while later photographers in Alexandria, Cairo, Beirut, Damascus, and Jerusalem documented life’s reality in the region.

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