Artist's Statement

Beirut

Beirut - Paris of the Middle East. Lebanon - Switzerland of the Middle East. A place of inspiration. A place of contrasts. A place of religions. A place of refugees. A place of a generation without much hope. My stays in Beirut are like coming home to a country where I have never been at home and to which I had no further connection in my past. I have been traveling to Lebanon for 8 years as a member of the advisory board of the NGO "Swiss4Lebanon". We run a community center in the south of Lebanon and the starting point is always Beirut. The contrasts and opposites have attracted me from the very beginning. My photography ranges from architecture to street photography. I started by taking photos in train stations and I only take my pictures with my cell phone. Moments and details are important to me. Telling stories with pictures is more important to me than technical perfection.

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