Lucien Samaha

Lucien Samaha is a Lebanese-American photographer and artist based in New York City.^[1]

Lucien Samaha
Born	1958 Beirut, Lebanon
Known for	Photography

Life and career

Samaha was born in Beirut and migrated to the US in 1970.^[2] He attended Annandale High School and Rochester Institute of Technology.^[3] He was a flight attendant with Trans World Airlines from 1978 to 1986. In 1990, he was the recipient of the first Eastman Kodak Company Professional Photography Division Scholarship ever given to a photographer and later joined the Eastman Kodak Company.^[4] He was one of the original members of the Arab Image Foundation.^[5]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

• 2008: Uneasy About Beirut, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA^[6]
• 2013: The Flight Attendant Years: 1978-1986, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA^[7]
• 2016: The Actor's Shadow, Sibiu City Hall, Romania
• 2016: The Solitude of Modern Man as Portrayed in Contemporary Cinema, Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania^[8]
• 2019: A History of Digital Photography, Pioneer Works, New York, USA^[9]

Group exhibitions

• 2008: Good is What Pleases, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany^[10]
• 2006: Persona-Personae, Sara Tecchia Roma New York, New York, USA^[11]
• 2006: I Want To Show You Somewhere, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Oregon, USA^[12]
• 2007: The Searchers, EFA Gallery, New York, USA^[13]
• 2018: Beirút, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway^[14]