Abdel-Fattah Mahmoud Ryiad
Personal Data     Fame Name : Adel-Fattah Ryiad Birth date : 28/7/1923 Place of birth : Cairo Date of death : 30/6/2007 Activities : Photography
Education
- Graduated from the Police Academy- July- 1944. - Diploma in Polic Science and Criminal searching- USA- 1954. - Diploma in Color Science Photography- Germany and USA. - Certificate from the National Institute for Criminal Searches- 1958. - Diploma in General Managing Basics from the Managment Institute- sponsored by the UN- 1959. - has got the Fellowship of the Royal British Society for Photography (FRPS)- London- 1966. - Certificate from the American Institute- for Developing Cinema and Television Technology Science and Arts- 1966.
Membership
- Fellow of the Royal British Photography Society. - working member at the Society of Cinema and Television Engineers- USA.
Jobs
- Teacher of Photography- at the Cinema High Institute 1958:1974. - Teacher of Criminal Photgraphing- Police Academy- 1960. - Professor at the Faculty of Media- Cairo University- 1973:1977. - Professor for the Egyptian Islamic MA Students- Faculty of Archaeology- Cairo University- 1974:1975. - Photography Lecturer- Faculty of Media- AUC-1973. - MA Professor of Photography- Legal Chemical Analysis Diploma- Faculty of Medicin- Cairo University- 1972: 1978. - Secretary for the Criminal Evidences Investigation Authority- Ministry of Interrior. - Teacher at the Police Training Institute- 1974. - Advisory Expert for the Judge Administrations for Forgery Researches, Photography, Cinema shooting, examination of Criminal Evidences and writings and signatures. - Retired Police General - 2/ 8/ 1974.
Places of interest
- Cairo- Wadi Natron. - Germany, England, USA.
Solo shows
- the Salon Exhibition- the French Photography Society- Paris- 24 : 31 October 1973.
Local exhibitions
- Touristical Posters and Photographs- 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974. - 2nd Egypt`s Salon of Photography- 1989. - 2nd Annual Exhibition for Egypt`s Photography Salon (guest of honour)- 1989. - 2nd Nile Photography Exhibition- guest of honour- 1995. - Photo Egypt International - photography tools exhibition- competition parallel to the exhibition- Conference Hall- Cairo- 2001. - the Egyptian Photography Society- 2002. -6th Nile Salon of Photography0- guest of honour- 2007.
International exhibitions
- 1st Nissan Exhibition for Arabic Photo- Baghdad- Iraq- 1989.
Scholarship
- to the USA for Studying Criminla Search Modern Science- 1953. - to Germany- for the Criminal Investigation Laboratory- Federal Police department- for studying applications of Photography use in Criminal Search- 1954. - for Agfa Lab- Livercosen- Germany- for studying color photography- 1956. - from the UN to study the General Management Basics.
Assignment
- Gave a series of Lecturs on Photography and Cinema in a special training cours for a month- for photographers from the Arabian Gulf- organized by Qatar`s Ministry of Information. - member of Cinema Committee- for the Cinema Transaltion Council (Photography)- 1958. - member of the committee formed by the Supreme Council for Arts and Literature Patronage- for defining the scientific and techniqal definitions- for Cinema and Photography. - was invited by a Dutch Company to prepear for a Photography course in Ghana- 1959. - gave a series of lectures for the Photography Department - Faculty of Applied Arts- Cairo University- 1960. - a Teaching Staff member - Police Academy- 1954: 1967. - was registered in the Experts Table- Dpartment of Photography and Forgery- 1971. - participated in the High Leadership Developing Course- 1972. - member of the photography committee- for selecting winners of the Cinema Annual Competition- 1975. - member of the Specialized Committee for selecting winners of the promotion prizes of Cinema Production and Novelistic Works- 1975. - member of the specialized committee for the promotion prize of Cinema Production and Novelistic Works- 1976. - Head of the Examination Committee of Sawy Competition. - Member of the Permanent Committee for art works and dissertations evaluation- for the teaching staff members applied for teaching posts at the Cinema Higher Institute- Art Academy- Cairo- 1983. - Member of the Permanent Committee for the Cinema Arts Scientifice Efficiencies- 1983. - Member of the Permanent Committee for Cinema Science Production Examination- 1983.
Local and international Who's Who
- registered in `the Art of Light` Book- by Dr/ Maher Rady.
Publications and activities
- Authored the first references in Photograpy in Arabic- for the Arab World: 1- Fundmentals of Photography- 1958. 2- Photography Machine- 1961. 3- Developing Printing and Magnification- 1962. 4- Lighting and Film- 1963. 5- Photographing with invisible- Ray- 1964. 6- Photocolor- 1965. 7- Scientific Guid for Photographers and Camera Men- 1968. 8- Formation in Fine Arts (a study in the Vision Psychology and its rule in the Aesthitic Senses)- 1990. 9- Discovering Forgery- 1993. 10- Sensitive Films- 1996. 11- Judgments about the Advisory Reports- 1996. 12- Shooting the Unseen- 1997. 13- Concrete Criminal Evidences- 2000. 14- Light and Lighting in Photography- 2003. 15- Photographing in Criminal Investigations (Importance of Photo as a concrete evidence) 2004. - Puplications in press: 1- Cinema Filming. 2- Color Filming - moidified - Egypt, the History, Art and Human. 3- Selections from Abdel-Fattah Ryiad Photographies. - discussing MA and PhD studies for Photography Department- Faculty of Applied Arts. - discussing MA and PhD studies for the Cinema Higher Institute.
Local recognition
- Was granted the duty medal and order of merit from President Abdel-Nasser- for his Prominent Services in Puplice Security- 1955. - 1st prize and a certificate of merit at the 5th and 6th Posters and Touristic Photos Exhibition- organized by the Fine Arts Lovers Society in association with Ministry of Tourism- Cairo- 1971- 1972. - 2nd prize and a certificate of merit at the 7th Posters and Touristic Photos Exhibition- 1973. - certificate of merit at the 8th Posters and Touristic Photos Exhibition- 1974. - Pioneer Medal- for his leading rule in Photography- Egyptian Photography Society. - Promotion prize in art and science- Ministry of Interior- 1985, 1990. - Certificate of Honor- Fine Arts Sector- 1995. - certificate of merit from the International Exhibtion of Filming Equipment (Photo Egypt_) organized by Colors Labs Association- 1999.
International recognition
- Fellowship of the British Royal Photography Federation- 1966. - golden prize in 1st Nissan Exhibition for Arabian Photo- Baghdad -Iraq- Iraqi Society of Photography- in appreciation to his additions in Photography enriching the Arabian Librarries- 1989.
State collection
-Science Institute for Criminal Evidence.