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Passings: Latif Ani, Pioneering Iraqi Photographer, Dies at 89

By David Schonauer   Wednesday December 1, 2021

Latif Al Ani, whose pioneering photographic work in Iraq sank into obscurity until recent years, died on November 18 at the age of 89, reports The Art Newspaper. Often known as the “father of Iraqi photography,” he became known for chronicling how the fast-modernizing nation came to see itself in …

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