Series VI: Photographic Materials

Scope and Contents

This series consists of several sets of photographs and slides that feature various subjects, including Mahmoud Hammad and his family, colleagues and students at the Faculty of Fine Arts, art exhibitions and events, and artworks.

VI.A. Photographic Prints

Scope and Contents

Series includes photographs of the artist and family; photographs of Hammad with students and colleagues at the Faculty of Fine Arts; photographs from travel, including many from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome (with fellow Syrian students such as Adham Ismail, Mamdouh Kashlan, and Ismail Husni, and Jordanian artist Mohanna Durra and Palestinian artist Ismail Shammout; and photographs of artworks by Hammad.

VI.B. Photographic Slides

Scope and Contents

This series includes images of artwork by Hammad, including images from the inauguration of the Martyr's Monument he designed for Najha Cemetery outside Damascus; artwork by others, including exhibition shots from Foundation Vasarely Aix-en-Provence; source images of historical events and figures.