# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/latif-al-ani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:38.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/latif-al-ani"
name: "Latif Al Ani"
slug: "latif-al-ani"
description: "Latif al-Ani was an Iraqi photographer, often known as \"the father of Iraqi photography\" and noted for his photographic works that combine both ancient and modern themes. During his active career from the 1950s through to the late 1970s, he chronicled an Iraqi way of life that was rapidly being lost as the country embarked on a modernization program. He documented people, ancient monuments and many facets of urban life in Iraq. He stopped taking photographs following the rise of Saddam Hussein, as he was unable to maintain his former optimistic outlook for Iraq's future."
tagline: "Artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TV_Show_%E2%80%9CWith_the_Talented%E2%80%9D_featuring_artists_Nuri_Al-Rawi_and_Latif_Al-Ani%2C_Baghdad%2C_1961.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2021-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.56
  momentum:             0.847457627118644
  historical:           4.806912000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "لطيف العاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latif_al-Ani"
    title: "Latif al-Ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latif_al-Ani"
    title: "Latif al-Ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latif_al-Ani"
    title: "Latif al-Ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latif_al-Ani"
    title: "Latif al-Ani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55236089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump