From 1 June, C/O is showing the exhibition Studio Rex. What stories are hidden in the archives of photo studios? What do studio photographs tell us about the lives, dreams and hopes of the people portrayed? These and other questions are closely linked to the history of Studio Rex.
Located in the heart of Marseille’s working-class Belsunce neighbourhood, Studio Rex was founded in 1933 by Assadour Keussayan, a survivor of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey who found refuge in the port city at the age of 17. Together with his wife Varsenik, who herself came from Cyprus, and later with his …
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Image above: Unknown © Grégoire Keussayan, Jean-Marie Donat Collection