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The Bread Seller

Photography by Khalil Raad / 1890

Damascus, Syria

Khalil Raad (1854 - 1957) was a Lebanese photographer, known as "Palestine's first Arab photographer." His works include over 1230 glass plates, postcards, and unpublished films that document political events and daily life in Palestine, Syria, and Lebanon over the course of fifty years.