Studio portraits mounted on cardboard, Amman, Jordan, 1930-1940, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Bedros Doumanian Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Hand-coloured portrait of Hussein and Ahmed Assad by Anis el Soussi in Lebanon, January 1, 1946, gelatin silver developing-out paper print (recto-verso). Fahime Zeidan Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Portrait of Tamara Toumanova, ballet dancer by Armand (real name Armenak Azrouni) in Egypt, 1950-1960, digital conversion of a gelatin silver negative on glass and digital conversion. Armand Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Self-portrait of Camille el Kareh in Zgharta, Lebanon, 1920, digital conversion of a gelatin silver negative on glass. Mohsen Yammine Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Promotional portrait annotated by the photographer, Alfredo Yazbek from Mexico, 1950s, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Alfredo Yazbek Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Undated hand-coloured photograph from Morocco, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Mami Bargach Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
A creative print taken in 1905 in Palestine by an unknown photographer showing a Mr Skaff in four different positions around a dinner table, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Yacoub Katimi Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
A public demonstration in support of Gamal Abdel Nasser in Sidon, Lebanon, 1956, gelatin silver negative on polyester film. Chafic El-Soussi Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation.
A portrait of Gulperie Eflatoun in a lamp base, Georges Henein, Cairo, Egypt, 1945, gelatin silver developing-out paper print. Gulperie Eflatoun Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Portrait of a woman on a horse, Selim Abu Izzedine, Egypt, undated (circa 20th century), silver negative on glass. Faysal Abu Izzeddin Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
Al Manara road, taken by Eugene Cottard, Beirut, Lebanon, 1914, stereograph transparency. Eugene Cottard Collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation
A Bedouin carrying a falcon in the Syrian desert, taken by Jibrail Jabbur, gelatin silver negative on film. Norma Jabbur collection, courtesy of the Arab Image Foundation