The photos date from the 1920s through to the 1950s, although some are much older. Most likely, all the subjects – and the photographers – are dead, which is why they were thrown out, to be sold in flea markets and second-hand bookshops. Alwan’s collection has now been acquired by Akkasah, the Centre for Photography at New York University Abu Dhabi. Akkasah can mean camera in the dialect of the Gulf, with its roots in the Arabic word for reflection.
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A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD -
Galata Bridge in Istanbul, 1890. Courtesy Middle East and Armenian Photo Archive -
A photo from Yasser Alwan Collection. Courtesy Akkasah, Centre for Photography NYUAD
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