<strong>'Wonder Beirut #13, Modern Beirut, International Centre of Water-Skiing,' from the series 'Wonder Beirut' by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige (1997-2006)</strong> Inspired by finding that postcards depicting pre-civil war Beirut were still on sale after the war ended in 1990, Lebanese filmmakers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige invented a fictional photographer named Abdallah Farrah to document the city's downfall. The duo claim the images were created after violence erupted in 1975 -- when Farrah partly destroyed photographic negatives he had taken for the Lebanese tourist board.
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