São Paulo – The Guimarães Rosa Institute in Beirut, Lebanon will feature 30 photographs of wildlife, cities, and beaches taken by the Lebanese Jacques Menassa over the course of more than 30 years. The Guimarães Rosa Institute is an arm of Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“These photographs aren’t just travel recollections: they are a living homage to a people, a culture, a land that has touched me deeply. I invite you to this visual and emotional journey, to experience what I have seen, what I have lived, what I have loved,” said Menassa in a press release from the exhibition’s organizers.
The featured photos of the Amazon, the beaches of Northeast Brazil, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, among numerous other destinations, were taken over 30 years of travels across the country and a career devoted to photography. A native of Ghosta, a town roughly 30 kilometers north of Beirut, Menassa lived in Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s. The holder of a degree in Political and istrative Sciences, he has exhibited digital collages in Manaus, Amazonas, and last year, he curated a fine arts show in his native city.
Quick facts
Opening: June 18, 7 pm to 9 pm. Open until July 29.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Tuesday and Thursday: 10 am to 8 pm
Weekend: closed
Guimarães Rosa Institute, Mar Mitr Street, Trad Building, Ashrafieh, Beirut
Phone: +961 1 322 905
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Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
