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Synopsis. Biography. Latif Al Ani (*1932 in Baghdad) who was the first to capture cosmopolitan life in Iraq in the 1950s to 1970s is known as the “father of Iraqi photography”. His black and white images represent a unique visual memory of the country during its belle époque.
Jan 10, 2024 · Synopsis. Latif Al Ani photographed Iraq for 30 years before multiple wars arose. At the age of 86, he traveled through his devastated country of Iraq in search of the people and places he photographed at the time, sharing his pictures with Iraqis today, and they cannot imagine that Iraq in his photographs was once real.
Filmed over a period of 5 years, this cinematographic masterpiece is an emotional testimony of Iraq's most valuable archivist and an ode/hymn to a legendary photographer who witnessed the disruption of one of the most beautiful countries on earth.
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- Jurgen Buedts
Encouraged in recent years by belated recognition from the West as a major photographer, he travels for this emotional documentary through his tragically ravaged country, seeking out the subjects he once photographed and sharing his unique archive and his stories with the people there now. Many can hardly believe the Iraq he captured really ...
Latif al Ani, born in Baghdad in 1932 is known as the 'father of Iraqi photography’. His work forms a unique visual archive of Iraq during its heydays from the 1950s to 1970s and are a profound insight into the country, mostly unknown to Westerners and even Iraqi people themselves.
Iraq's Invisible Beauty is a documentary film about photographer Latif al Ani and his photography of Iraq before the wars.
Oct 16, 2023 · Irak, la beauté invisible: Directed by Sahim Omar Kalifa, Jurgen Buedts. With Latif Al Ani, Sahim Omar Kalifa, Abu Elias, Abu Bassam. Latif Al Ani photographed Iraq before the wars. Today he travels his country in search of the people and places in his pictures, sharing them with Iraqis who no longer recognise the world he reveals.
