But the Flag is the One and Only
But the Flag is the One and Only
By Youmna Jazzar Medlej
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▸ Features: Limited Edition Framed▸ Materials: Paper
▸ Art technique: Photography
▸ Dimensions (cm): 44.5 x 54.0 x 2.0
▸ Net Weight (kg): 2.1
Youmna's photos tell the urban story through three events and the environment. This photo is part of her collection.
Throughout their history, the Lebanese have been migrants. Poverty, wars, famine, and the search for a normal life have driven them to go abroad. When Lebanon was under Ottoman rule, the Lebanese carried Turkish papers and were known as the 'Turcos' in the Americas. Even today, Lebanese people continue to migrate, and many still move within Lebanon, depending on the various crises and challenges they face.
This scene captures a lot of that history. The red in the flag represents the blood shed, while the Cedar tree symbolizes strength and resilience. For both Lebanese citizens and expatriates, it is the perfect, beautiful flag. By keeping it in color and alone, I aim to tell the two different stories—that even if we struggle and suffer, we have that one flag that unites us.
About Youmna Jazzar Medlej
On her first Photography course at school, Youmna Jazzar knew it would be her way of expressing herself. She took photography courses at EFET in Paris and worked for years as a freelance photographer and journalist, pointing out the beautiful, positive, interesting sides of culture, history, art, street art, design…
Through chaotic times, while all is in turmoil, she wanted to express her deep feelings, her own glance. She found her photos “Theme” with what she witnessed on the grounds. A challenge, but the feeling that “it is there to discover” was strong. It was not about technique, but feelings, about what she knew, lived and experienced, about her people enduring and still are today, the stories with Chaos, Covid and the huge 4th August Explosion of the Beirut Port. She crossed the streets, looking for it, on and on. Believe it or not, it was, is, also a kind of therapy, a way to remove the sadness, the fear, the suffering … A way to survive.,