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Portrait photography day at the American University
Distinguished student photography activity

Among the photographic activities for the students of the American University, a special day was held for portrait photography, portraiture, at the invitation of the photography club at the university. Twenty-two photographers participated in this marathon, working from ten in the morning until five in the afternoon, and the result was seventy films and about a thousand pictures taken by male and female students. The university, led by the Dean of Students, Dr. Fawzi Al-Hajj, and the Student Activities Officer, Mr. Nabil Ashkar, sat in front of the students’ lenses, announcing the opening of the portrait day. After that, the students flocked during eight continuous working hours and presented themselves as models and subjects for the students’ lenses - photographers. The club later enlarged the pictures. And present them to their owners in return for small symbolic sums.

And about this unique and unique activity, we had a meeting with the President of the Photography Club at the university, Mr. Asaad Shaheen - a fourth year of medicine - where he talked about the importance of this day and its purpose, and he said:
The Photographic Club at the American University is based on its affiliated members - among the university students - and their number is 90 photographers. Its activities are binding on the members, and we constantly have activities that qualify the photographer and broaden his horizons.
And Assaad Shaheen continues - We usually hold photographic exhibitions, and we give education courses for laboratory work to new members, and we hold monthly meetings during which they address the difficulties. The importance of the presented slides and their circumstances, and about Portrait Day, he said:
- This year we thought of presenting something different, in addition to exhibitions, so the idea of ​​Portrait Day came up. Where I suggested it to the club, and I received a response, not even encouragement, and the importance of this day lies in the exposure of students to photographing the studio that was set up inside the West Hall, where we worked on preparing three colored backgrounds as decoration, in addition to lighting devices and controlling them. To repeat it with some changes to avoid the mistakes that we made in terms of organizing the work during filming.

Did you have any conditions to participate in this day?
We did not set any conditions for the photographer and did not restrict him with any instructions, and this may be among the mistakes that I talked about, but the work in general is considered successful, even if before that I was afraid of students taking pictures, and we have overcome this fear.
What about the costs of this activity?
The club provided a laboratory room with medicines and printing papers at its own expense, while the students bought films at their own expense. We will deal with this issue later, because the financial return from the membership of the club is not enough to cover the activities that you apply for.
Here, if you allow me, I would like to extend my thanks to those who contributed with us on this day, especially Mr. Fartan (Lens Photo), who provided the lighting equipment.
Who are the participants in this photo day? - 22 photographers from the club members participated in the photo day, and they are:
Nada Sneih, Dina Tayara, Rali Katili Asfar Al-Dahsan, Dawood Ballout, Majed Mugharbel, Ziyad Hariri, Imad Rubeiz. Fadi Durkham, Firas Basaj. Ghassan Nomani, Marwan Al-Yousef - Mirza Mamahikhov. Talib Khairallah, Al-Bir Saikali, Qassem Abbas, Hani Sakhnini, Saad Abdullah, Wassim Nassif? Samir Al-Hajj, Asaad Shaheen and Muhammad Zaytoun -