Get insight into life in Gaza in the 1940s-1970s through the work of Kegham Djeghalian.
Of Armenian descent, Kegham Djeghalian (1915-1981) moved to Palestine in the 1940s where he eventually set up a photo studio in Gaza in 1944. A prominent photographer, he documented everyday life in the city through turbulent periods of transition until the 1970s. From studio portraits and family gatherings to images of refugee camps and military personnel, his work is varied, giving insight into the social and political development of Gaza in that period.
Join us and his grandson, artist and educator Kegham Djeghalian Jr, take us through the life and legacy of one of Gaza’s most important photographers.
In partnership with The Barakat Trust and The Photographer’s Gallery.
Kegham Djeghalian Jr is a Paris and Cairo-based multidisciplinary visual artist, creative director, fashion practitioner and educator. He is a Professor of Fashion Studies, Image & Design, and the Artistic Director of the Fashion Design Department at the German International University (GIU).
Djeghalian has been a faculty member at Paris College of Art (PCA) since 2016 and is one of the faculty members who premiered the Master of Arts program in Fashion Film and Photography in 2016. He was the Acting Pedagogic Director of the Master of Image Design in fashion at l’Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) in 2018 & 2019. Moreover, he has been leading workshops and master classes in various educational and cultural institutes internationally since 2011. Djeghalian studied Image Design in Fashion at l’Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), Visual Arts at the American University of Cairo, Visual Culture and Design at Goldsmiths College University of London, and Fashion Studies at Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion. Djeghalian’s work was internationally exhibited in group and solo shows, and his shoots and articles were published in diverse print and online magazines. Four of his photo-shoots have won international awards. He has consulted and collaborated with many fashion houses and designers the likes of Dior, Kenzo, Louboutin, Hermès, Okhtein, Dior MajaS. In 2014, his short film ‘To Schiap with Love’ was selected and shown at Diane Pernet’s ‘A Shaded View on Fashion Film 7’ at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. In 2020, he was appointed as the Creative Director of the Egyptian footwear brand Zee with a mission to revamp and restructure its identity, image and product.