Van Leo beside his treasured camera. Circa 1996.
Photograph by Josef Polleross
Picture scanned from original 35mm black and white negative.
Copyright: Josef Polleross
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- Abdul Hamid II Collection, Library of Congress
- Afghan Box Camera Project
- Arab Image Foundation
- Art of the Photogravure
- Cairo’s recollections, Samir Raafat
- Egyptian Mirage
- E.W. Blatchford Collection, American University of Beirut
- K&J Jacobson, 19th Century Photography
- l’Egypte d’Antan
- Luminous-Lint
- Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
- Middle East Centre Archive, St. Anthony’s College
- Rare books and Special Collection Digital Library, The American University in Cairo
- Orientalist Photography
- The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago
- Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA)