Bubble Beirut

  • Dates
    2011 - 2017
  • Author
  • Topics Daily Life, Contemporary Issues, Documentary

I was born in Barcelona in 1982. I studied photography for four years between Barcelona and NYC. Since 2004 I've promoted Ruido Photo collective, Ruido School, and CFD Barcelona. My work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, and it has been published in national and international media.

Lebanese society has lived for years in constant instability. The wars it has suffered, and the ones in neighboring countries, generate a love-hate relationship between the citizens and their own corruption-driven country. The elites take shelter in luxury and in some idea of the glorious past of the Great Lebanon in order to avoid assuming the delicate present and disturbing future of the country. The project, started in 2011, is a personal approach to this social class with the aim to understand the complexity of the bubble in which they have settled.

© Anna Bosch - Beirut, from the residential area of Adma
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Beirut, from the residential area of Adma

© Anna Bosch - Alice Eddé drinks coffee at home, in Eddé
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Alice Eddé drinks coffee at home, in Eddé

© Anna Bosch - Ariana Sursock in her room at Sursock Palace
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Ariana Sursock in her room at Sursock Palace

© Anna Bosch - Rani Zakhem likes to spend his time off in the pool of the Hotel Phoenicia
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Rani Zakhem likes to spend his time off in the pool of the Hotel Phoenicia

© Anna Bosch - Ghina Daouk (left) having lunch with her friends in Downtown Beirut
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Ghina Daouk (left) having lunch with her friends in Downtown Beirut

© Anna Bosch - Roger Eddé with two of his private security guards
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Roger Eddé with two of his private security guards

© Anna Bosch - Sursock Palace is also Sursock's family residence
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Sursock Palace is also Sursock's family residence

© Anna Bosch - Image from the Bubble Beirut photography project
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Lady Cochrane in her library at the Sursock Palace. A four-storey house, shared with her son, daughter-in-law and grandaughter

© Anna Bosch - Mauricio Torbay in his mountain house, where he and his wife spend the weekends
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Mauricio Torbay in his mountain house, where he and his wife spend the weekends

© Anna Bosch - Faenza Torbay, with a friend, sunbathing at the beach house patio
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Faenza Torbay, with a friend, sunbathing at the beach house patio

© Anna Bosch - Edde's family residence garden
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Edde's family residence garden

© Anna Bosch - Yoanna, fitting her wedding dress in Rani Zakhem designer studio
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Yoanna, fitting her wedding dress in Rani Zakhem designer studio

© Anna Bosch - Alice Eddé in Eddé Sands spa, getting a reflexology massage
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Alice Eddé in Eddé Sands spa, getting a reflexology massage

© Anna Bosch - Panoramic view of Downtown Beirut
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Panoramic view of Downtown Beirut

© Anna Bosch - Meeting at the Torbay's family house, with representative of the Chamber of Commerce of Syria
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Meeting at the Torbay's family house, with representative of the Chamber of Commerce of Syria

© Anna Bosch - Charity gala of the 'Teach a child' organization at the Royal Pavilion in Biel, Beirut
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Charity gala of the 'Teach a child' organization at the Royal Pavilion in Biel, Beirut

© Anna Bosch - Security guard at Red Cross charity dinner
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Security guard at Red Cross charity dinner

© Anna Bosch - Charity dinner in the Music Hall Waterfront
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Charity dinner in the Music Hall Waterfront

© Anna Bosch - Private Party at the Whisky Mist Room in the legendary Hotel Phoenicia
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Private Party at the Whisky Mist Room in the legendary Hotel Phoenicia

© Anna Bosch - Private Dinner at La Rosé, luxurious restaurant at Gemmayze street
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Private Dinner at La Rosé, luxurious restaurant at Gemmayze street