Scenes From Lebanon

After thirteen years, a native son returns to Lebanon and his family's olive grove to work the harvest and receive its offerings: a bittersweet feast. While photographing the story, we documented the family reunion as well as the olive harvest.
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A worker pouring olives into a mill in Sidon, Lebanon.

The author's mother, Isabelle, with a freshly packed jar of brined olives in her kitchen in Ain el Delb, Lebanon.

A spice grinder in Sidon, Lebanon, grinds coarse, sundried thyme for making za'atar; a blend of thyme sumac, oregano, sesame, hyssop, and other spices.