About
Laura Menassa is a photographer and art director based in Beirut. She is a member of Collectif ١٢٠٠ and WomenPhotograph.
Born into an Italian-Lebanese family, Laura found herself in a multicultural environment, raising questions about identity, body image, the notion of territory and time.
She uses her camera as a tool to dissect the world around her personal life, to understand our place within the society, to apprehend people, and to explore the different facets of life.
Publications
November 2023 - GUTS, Issue 01 by Digital Fountain
June 2023 - Liban : Place aux jeunes, special edition, 6Mois Magazine
April 2023 - Totalitaire, Revue Illusio n° 20
February 2023 - Les Moments Littéraires n° 49, Diaristes Libanais
July 2022 - Laura Menassa explore les multiples facettes du Liban, article and interview with Graine de Photographe (online)
April 2022 - Photovogue, Vogue Italia (online)
October 2021 - features about Festival des Arts de Bordeaux, Les Inrockuptibles
June 2021 - Issue 107, Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine (online)
May 2021 - PhotoVogue, Vogue Italia (online)
April 2021 - Issue 106, Self-Portraits, F-Stop Magazine (online)
December 2017 - Mini Issue 8, Nakid Magazine
November 2016 - Mini Issue 4, Nakid Magazine
Curations
2024 - Voices from the Levant in Beirut, Tarboush podcasts launch - KED - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - KED - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, co-curated with Marwa Hanachi fundraising exhibition - La Corvée - Paris, France
2023 - Stillness in the Fall, co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, Nehna Wel Amar Wel Jiran Festival - Ishbilia Theatre - Saïda, Lebanon
2022 - In light or shadow of what was and still is co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, 2nd Edition of NUR, PhotoEspana - Casa Arabe - Madrid, Spain
2022 - Echoes from a crowded room co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, in partnership with British Council - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the fall co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
Workshops & residencies
2023 - Residency at Hammana Artist House x British Council Lebanon [Collectif 1200] - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - CATAPULT Visual’arts workshop with British Council Lebanon and Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Croiser-le-Faire, photography workshop at Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
2020 - Residency at Hammana Artist House [Collectif 1200] - Hammana, Lebanon
2014 - ‘16mm’, videography and film developing workshop at Nottingham Trent University - Nottigham, UK
Exhibitions
2024 - 3nd edition of Beirut Photo Fair, Beirut Center of Photography and SOURA - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - Espace Niemeyer - Paris, France
2023 - Indivisible, as a part of " 16 days of activism against gender-based violence" by 1MORECUP - Ked - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - La Corvée - Paris, France
2023 - Stillness in the Fall [Collectif 1200], during Nehna Wel Amar Wel Jiran Festival - Ishbilia Theatre - Saïda, Lebanon
2023 - A luz ou a sombra do que foi e continua a ser [Collectif 1200], Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto - Reitoria da Universidade do Porto - Porto, Portugal (currently)
2022 - Indivisible, as a part of " 16 days of activism against gender-based violence" in partnership with MOSAIC, German Federal Foreign office - Ked - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Anatomy of a Fall [Collectif 1200], British Council x Hammana Artist House as part of In Between Festival - Abroyan Factory - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - 2nd edition of Beirut Photo Fair, Beirut Center of Photography and SOURA - Souk El Tayeb - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200] - British Council x Hammana Artist House - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - In light or shadow of what was and still is [Collectif 1200], 2nd Edition of NUR, PhotoEspana - Casa Arabe - Madrid, Spain
2022 - 5th edition of Festival Les Femmes s'exposent - Houlgate, France
2022 - Echoes from a crowded room [Collectif 1200], in partnership with British Council - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200], Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
2021 - Contrasts, in partnership with Loosenart - Millepiani - Rome, Italy
2021 - 5th edition of Kifkif Market - Le Consulat - Paris, France
2021 - Paroles et regards, d'ici et d'ailleurs - L'Agora - Montpellier, France
2021 - Infinity, virtual exhibition - The Holy Art - London, UK
2020 - Les collections du 36, as a part of Un Eté Arlésien and Arles Contemporain - 36Arles - Arles, France
2020 - 1st edition of Kifkif Market - Velvet Moon - Montreuil, France
2020 - Les Recombinants, digital exhibition presented at La Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain de Marseille
2017 - Dans la tête des femmes, as a part of Femmes en Mouvement - 36Arles - Arles, France