Akkasah: Photography Archive

10/07/2023

Jasmine Soliman our Collections Management Archivist is sadly leaving us for archival pastures new. Jasmine led our archival team, oversaw all collections work and managed our website and social media.
Our social media accounts may be quiet for some time, but please continue to interact with us via Akkasah.org or [email protected]

23/03/2023

Ramadan Kareem to all those observing the holy month. 🌙

Ferblantier Arabe (tinsmiths in Cairo), Pascal Sebah, c. 1860-90 akkasah.org







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29/11/2022

More than football...179 digitized photos featuring sports, including bodybuilding, horse-racing, boxing and tennis taken in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Germany and the UAE:
https://akkasah.org/en/results/?filter=tags%3ESports;;&queries=&pageid=undefined

28/10/2022

Online registration is open for A Poetics of Presence: Photography, Documentation, and History - a day-long hybrid colloquium inspired by Yasser Alwan on Friday 4 November 9am-5pm EDT/ 3pm-11pm Cairo
Sarah Lawrence College, Akkasah: Photography Archive, al Mawrid Mellon Foundation

There’s always something happening at Sarah Lawrence College. Browse our Events Calendar and learn more about upcoming events on campus and open to the public.

20/01/2022

We are extremely saddened by the news of the death of photographer, teacher and collector, Yasser Alwan. Our thoughts are with his loved ones.
Yasser was a great friend of Akkasah: Photography Archive and his collection of 19th-20th century photography of Egypt and Sudan was our founding collection.

In addition to building his own collection over decades, Yasser also worked tirelessly with the Collège de la Sainte Famille CSF- Officiel in Helwan, to ensure their photographs were conserved and digitally archived.
https://akkasah.org/en/results/Yasser%20Alwan%20Collection?type=collection_name

Yasser wrote about his collecting in Jadaliyya
"I never planned to collect photographs like these, preferring to make my own. But these images drew me into a kindred relationship. They were made by men and women who were my kin"

Yasser's own photography was strikingly empathetic and enchanting: https://yasseralwan.net

يحزننا خبر وفاة المصور الفوتوغرافي المخضرم والمعلّم والمقتني المعروف ياسر علوان، ونتقدم بخالص التعازي لذويه وأصدقائه المقرّبين.



امتدّت صداقةٌ عميقة بين مركز عكاسة للتصوير الفوتوغرافي وبين ياسر، إذ شكّلت مجموعته المُقتناة من الصور الفوتوغرافية أساس أرشيفنا من المقتنيات. كما عمل ياسر بإخلاص ودون هوادة مع مدرسة الأسرة المقدّسة لضمان حفظ الصور وأرشفتها رقمياً.

امتازت أعمال ياسر الفوتوغرافية بحسٍّ مفعمٍ من التعاطُف والسحر اللافتَين
https://www.yasseralwan.net/
https://akkasah.org/ar/results/Yasser%20Alwan%20Collection?type=collection_name

30/11/2021

We're gearing up to announce a very exciting UAE photographic collection in the next 24hrs...
🖼️ Archivist digitizing photos on the PhaseOne.

10/09/2021

Checkout Akkasah: Photography Archive's photo of the RAF Sharjah Paramount Cinema and the story behind it The National and view all of our UAE collections here: https://bit.ly/AkkasahUAEhistorical

https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2021/09/09/uae-then-and-now-sharjahs-wartime-royal-air-force-cinema-still-stands-today/ NYU Abu Dhabi

Use our interactive slider and scroll through the photo gallery to explore the silver screen's golden age

03/09/2021

Food Friday - 361 photos and postcards of people eating and cooking in Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq and the UAE 🍳🍲
https://akkasah.org/en/results/?filter=tags%3EFood;;&queries=&pageid=2

09/06/2021

This we aren't in y/our archive, but we look forward to welcoming back visitors soon...
in the meantime explore over 11,900 photographs of Palestine, Egypt, Turkey, Syria, The UAE and more at Akkasah.org / akkasah.org/ar

02/05/2021

We're happy to share Akkasah's 2020 Annual Report. It includes geographic and format breakdowns of collections, details of post-custodial projects, acquisitions, outreach, reparative work, archival collections processing + more!
https://akkasah.org/wp-content/uploads/Akkasah-Annual-Report-2020_Public_Jasmine-Soliman_March-2021.pdf NYU Abu Dhabi NYUAD Library

13/04/2021

Ramadan Kareem to all those observing the Holy Month.
The entrance to a mosque in Iraq, c. 1943-44. https://akkasah.org/en/results//viewer?image=234623
A tinsmith and lantern seller in Cairo, c. 1860-90 by Pascal Sebah.
https://akkasah.org/en/results//viewer?image=234197

25/03/2021

24 photos of the Suez Canal that are not stress-inducing : https://akkasah.org/en/results/?filter=&queries=wildcard_t%3ESuez%20Canal;;&sorts=&pageid=undefined