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Standing Witness
2023
75 x 50 cm
56 x 50 cm
Hahnemuhle fineart, dibond
The port silos of Beirut were torn apart by the 2020 explosion, becoming both ruins and monuments. Their shattered structure stands as a physical archive of one of Lebanon’s darkest days — a reminder of loss and negligence. These photographs capture the silence that followed: the dust settling, the sky reclaiming space, and the city’s quiet refusal to forget.
Soha Ghandour is a self-taught Lebanese photographer. In 2016, she developed an interest in photography when she started noticing the different surroundings around her: from physical structures, people and moments of everyday life. Most of her pictures are taken spontaneously as she is heading towards a destination, and the scenes she is drawn to are the ones marked by a dynamic colorful composition. In September 2016, she was selected as the finalist of the Byblos Bank Award for Photography (Lebanon). In July 2018, she was designated as third place winner in the “Travel” category of the Iphone Photography Award.