Lucien Samaha

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Lucien Samaha
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Born1958
Beirut, Lebanon
Known forPhotography

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

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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]

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Solo exhibitions

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References

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