Armand (photographer)

In 1925, he went to Cairo as an assistant to Zola, an Austrian Jewish photographer and renowned portraitist, at his studio in Ard el-Sherif, near Midan Mustafa Kamel street.

Zola sent Arzrouni to Austria to learn about the colorization of black-and-white photographs, as well as airbrush technique and the use of charcoal and chalk.

His father built him a giant enlarger capable of handling negatives with large dimensions.

He specialized in portrait photography, and took photographs of politicians, film stars, famous cabaret dancers, as well as members of the royal family.

The 1952 Revolution did not hinder his career, and he continued to take photographs of famous people, notably Gamal Abdel Nasser and foreign heads of state visiting Egypt.