Walid Raad

Walid Raad ( b. 1967 in Chbanieh, Lebanon ) is a Lebanese photographers.

Work

His work includes photography, video, text and performance, and is especially dedicated to the contemporary history of his homeland. Raad is a professor at the Cooper Union and lives in New York City.

Walid Raad is the Hasselblad Prize winner of 2011. Between 1989 and 2004 he devoted himself in his project " The Atlas Group " of the violent history of Lebanon.

Since October 2012 Raad is a founding member of the Academy of Arts of the World in Cologne.

Video works

• 2002/2006: The Bachar Tapes

Awards

• Hasselblad Foundation Award (2011)
• Alpert Award for Visual Arts from the Herb Alpert Foundation ( 2007)
• German Börse Photography Prize (2007)
• Rencontres d' Arles ( 2006), " Lauréat d' Aide au projet ", Arles
• Camera Austria Prize of the City of Graz for Contemporary Photography ( 2005)
• Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival (2002)
• Vidarte 2002 Festival, Mexico City, Mexico ( 2002)
• Oneiras Film and Video Festival, Lisbon, Portugal ( 2002)
• Media Arts Awards, the ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany. 2002 ( Special Prize )
• Black Maria Festival, 2002. ( Juror Citation Award)
• Oberhausen Film and Video Festival, Oberhausen, Germany, 2001 ( Rhineland Award)
• San Francisco International Film Festival, SF, CA, USA, 2000 ( Certificate of Merit )
• 5th Biennial of Arab Cinemas, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France, 2000 ( Special Jury Prize )
• 8th Biennial of the Moving Image, Switzerland (1999). ( Grand Prize )
• Beirut Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon, 1999. ( Best Short Film and Best Scenario for a Short Film )
• Black Maria Film and Video Festival, New Jersey, 1999. ( Director's Citation )
• Missouri Video Festival, St. Louis, MO, 1998. ( Award of Accomplishment Experimental )
• New England Film and Video Festival, Boston, MA, 1997. ( Best Conceptual Innovation Award )