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'''Karim Shamsi-Basha''' is an award-winning Birmingham photographer and co-founder of ''[[Portico]]'' magazine.  
'''Karim Shamsi-Basha''' (born [[1965]] in Damascus, Syria) 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''.  
Shamsi-Basha came to the United States in [[1984]] to study mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee. He taught himself to shoot photographs and worked as a news photographer in Knoxville 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 [[3rd Avenue South]] in Birmingham.


In 2001 Shamsi-Basha founded ''Portico'' with three partners.  
In 2001 Shamsi-Basha founded the lifestyle magazine ''[[Portico]]'' with three partners.  


In 2006 Karim's gallery of portraits of [[Birmingham Islamic Society|Birmingham Muslims]] appeared in ''Saudi Aramco World'' magazine under the title "Birmingham 9 to 5."[http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200606/birmingham.9.to.5.htm]
In 2006 he published a coffee table book of his photographs, entitled ''[[Home Sweet Home Alabama]]'' with a forward by [[Steve Chiotakis]].  


==References==
Shamsi-Basha has a studio at [[Pepper Place]]. He and his family reside in [[Edgewood]].
*[http://www.karimisms.com/ 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
==Publications==
*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.  
* Kemp, Kathy and Karim Shamsi-Basha. (1997) ''The Beauty Box: A Tribute to the Legendary Beauty Parlors of the South''. Birmingham: [[Crane Hill Publishers]]. ISBN 1881548880
*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.
* Shamsi-Basha, Karim (May/June 2005) [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200503/ten.days.in.damascus.htm "Ten Days in Damascus."] ''Saudi Aramco World'' Vol. 56, No. 3 pp. 2-9.  
* Shamsi-Basha, Karim and Ann Walton Sieber. (November/December 2006) [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200606/birmingham.9.to.5.htm "Birmingham 9 to 5."] ''Saudi Aramco World'' Vol. 57, No 6., pp. 33-43.
* Shamsi-Basha, Karim (November 2006) ''Home Sweet Home Alabama''. Birmingham: Sweetwater Press. ISBN 158173493X
 
==External links==
* [http://www.karimisms.com/ Karim Shamsi-Basha]'s website


[[Category:Living people|Shamsi-Basha, Karim]]
[[Category:Living people|Shamsi-Basha, Karim]]
[[Category:Photographers|Shamsi-Basha, Karim]]
[[Category:Photographers|Shamsi-Basha, Karim]]

Revision as of 23:40, 27 November 2006

Karim Shamsi-Basha (born 1965 in Damascus, Syria) is an award-winning Birmingham photographer and co-founder of Portico magazine.

Shamsi-Basha came to the United States in 1984 to study mechanical engineering at the University of Tennessee. He taught himself to shoot photographs and worked as a news photographer in Knoxville 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 3rd Avenue South in Birmingham.

In 2001 Shamsi-Basha founded the lifestyle magazine Portico with three partners.

In 2006 he published a coffee table book of his photographs, entitled Home Sweet Home Alabama with a forward by Steve Chiotakis.

Shamsi-Basha has a studio at Pepper Place. He and his family reside in Edgewood.

Publications

  • Kemp, Kathy and Karim Shamsi-Basha. (1997) The Beauty Box: A Tribute to the Legendary Beauty Parlors of the South. Birmingham: Crane Hill Publishers. ISBN 1881548880
  • Shamsi-Basha, Karim (May/June 2005) "Ten Days in Damascus." Saudi Aramco World Vol. 56, No. 3 pp. 2-9.
  • Shamsi-Basha, Karim and Ann Walton Sieber. (November/December 2006) "Birmingham 9 to 5." Saudi Aramco World Vol. 57, No 6., pp. 33-43.
  • Shamsi-Basha, Karim (November 2006) Home Sweet Home Alabama. Birmingham: Sweetwater Press. ISBN 158173493X

External links

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