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Mecca - A Dangerous Adventure: Snouck Hurgronje’s early photographs 1885

Event Details

Time: November 24, 2010 to December 6, 2010
Location: The Empty Quarter Gallery
Street: Gate Village, Bldg 02 P.O.BOX 506697
City/Town: DIFC Dubai, UAE
Website or Map: http://www.theemptyquarter.co…
Phone: +971 4 323 1210
Event Type: exhibition
Organized By: The Empty Quarter Gallery
Latest Activity: Nov 24, 2010

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Event Description

The Empty Quarter Gallery in Dubai has teamed up with the Dutch Leiden University and Hes & De Graaf Publishers in Houten, the Netherlands, to present a unique exhibition revisiting the historical photographs published by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje in 1889 as Bilder aus Mekka, one of the most important collections of early photographs of the holy city of the Islam. The original plates held by the Leiden University have been expertly rephotographed and reprinted as a portfolio of valuable platinum prints.

We are very proud to present an exhibition of the 20 platinum prints during the month of the Haj. The exhibition will be opened on November 9 and runs until December 6.