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'''Karim Shamsi-Basha''' is an award-winning Birmingham photographer and co-founder of ''[[Portico]]'' magazine. | '''Karim Shamsi-Basha''' is an award-winning Birmingham photographer and co-founder of ''[[Portico]]'' magazine. | ||
Born in 1965 in Damascus, Syria, Shamsi-Basha | Born in 1965 in Damascus, Syria, Shamsi-Basha calls himself a self-taught photographer. He came to the United States in 1984 to study mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee. He was a news photographer in Knoxville, Tennessee, before joining the [[Birmingham Post-Herald]]. Since turning to free-lance work, his pictures have appeared in ''Life'', ''Time'', ''Newsweek'', ''People'', ''[[Southern Accents]]'', and many other major publications. As of 2006 he is a contract photographer for ''[[Southern Living]]'' and often shoots for ''Sports Illustrated''. | ||
In 1997 he collaborated with writer [[Kathy Kemp]] on ''The Beauty Box'', a picture book about southern beauty parlors. The book took its title from a long-standing beauty parlor on [[Third Avenue South]] in Birmingham. | In 1997 he collaborated with writer [[Kathy Kemp]] on ''The Beauty Box'', a picture book about southern beauty parlors. The book took its title from a long-standing beauty parlor on [[Third Avenue South]] in Birmingham. | ||
In 2001 Shamsi-Basha founded ''Portico'' with three partners. | |||
In 2006 Karim's gallery of portraits of [[Birmingham Islamic Society|Birmingham Muslims]] appeared in ''Saudi Aramco World'' magazine. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*[http://www.karimisms.com/ karimisms.com] | *[http://www.karimisms.com/ karimisms.com] | ||
*Kemp | *Kathy Kemp and Karim Shamsi-Basha. ''The Beauty Box: A Tribute to the Legendary Beauty Parlors of the South''. Birmingham: [[Crane Hill Publishers]], 1997. ISBN 1881548880 | ||
*Karim Shamsi-Basha. [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200503/ten.days.in.damascus.htm "Ten Days in Damascus."] ''Saudi Aramco World'' 56 (3) (May/June 2005): 2-9. | |||
*Karim Shamsi-Basha and Ann Walton Sieber. [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200606/birmingham.9.to.5.htm "Birmingham 9 to 5."] ''Saudi Aramco World'' 57 (6) (November/December 2006): 33-43. | |||
[[Category:Photographers|Shamsi-Basha, Karim]] | |||
Revision as of 22:13, 27 November 2006
Karim Shamsi-Basha is an award-winning Birmingham photographer and co-founder of Portico magazine.
Born in 1965 in Damascus, Syria, Shamsi-Basha calls himself a self-taught photographer. He came to the United States in 1984 to study mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee. He was a news photographer in Knoxville, Tennessee, before joining the Birmingham Post-Herald. Since turning to free-lance work, his pictures have appeared in Life, Time, Newsweek, People, Southern Accents, and many other major publications. As of 2006 he is a contract photographer for Southern Living and often shoots for Sports Illustrated.
In 1997 he collaborated with writer Kathy Kemp on The Beauty Box, a picture book about southern beauty parlors. The book took its title from a long-standing beauty parlor on Third Avenue South in Birmingham.
In 2001 Shamsi-Basha founded Portico with three partners.
In 2006 Karim's gallery of portraits of Birmingham Muslims appeared in Saudi Aramco World magazine.
References
- karimisms.com
- Kathy Kemp and Karim Shamsi-Basha. The Beauty Box: A Tribute to the Legendary Beauty Parlors of the South. Birmingham: Crane Hill Publishers, 1997. ISBN 1881548880
- Karim Shamsi-Basha. "Ten Days in Damascus." Saudi Aramco World 56 (3) (May/June 2005): 2-9.
- Karim Shamsi-Basha and Ann Walton Sieber. "Birmingham 9 to 5." Saudi Aramco World 57 (6) (November/December 2006): 33-43.