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Abbas (photographer)

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moment, that the real photographic writing develops, sequencing the images. For this reason a writer's spirit is necessary to this enterprise. Isn't photography "writing with light"? But with the difference that while the writer possesses his word, the photographer is himself possessed by his photo, by the limit of the real which he must transcend so as not to become its prisoner.
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My photography is a reflection, which comes to life in action and leads to meditation. Spontaneity – the suspended moment – intervenes during action, in the viewfinder. A reflection on the subject precedes it. A meditation on finality follows it, and it is here, during this exalting and fragile
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by director Kamy Pakdel (who also served as art director for some of Abbas' books) was completed days before Abbas' death. In the film Abbas is asked how he got a particular shot and he replies “Let the photos live their lives and keep their mystery.”
215:, dedicated his photographic work to the political and social coverage of the developing southern nations. Since 1970, his major works have been published in world magazines and include wars and revolutions in 318:. In our world defined by science and technology, the work looked at why irrational rituals make a strong come-back. He abandoned this project on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks. 1162: 1100: 329:
lose many battles, but are they not winning the war to control the mind of the people, with the "creeping islamisation" of all Muslim societies?
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When the year 2000 became a landmark in the universal calendar, Christianity was the symbol of the strength of Western civilization.
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1971–2002 (2002) is a critical interpretation of its history, photographed and written as a personal diary.
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Mexico Cultural Center, Paris; Maison pour Tous, Calais; Centro Nacional de la Fotografia, Mexico, 1994
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Consejo de Fotogragia, Mexico; Galerie ARPA, Bordeaux, France, 1983; Imagina, Almeria, Espana, 1991
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in the 1970s, and for his extensive essays on religions in later years. He was a member of
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Groningen and Amsterdam, Holland; Institut Français de Fès, Morocco, 2008
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La Caixa, Girona, Granada, Pamplona and Palma de Mallorca, Espana
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and democracy. The book drew additional attention after the
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Galerie Litho, Tehran; Ce jour là, Galerie FNAC, Paris
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From 1987 to 1994, he photographed the resurgence of
347:Before his death, Abbas was working on documenting 107: 99: 77: 48: 21: 493:Les Enfants du lotus, voyage chez les bouddhistes, 473:, (exhibition catalogue), Intervalles, Paris, 2006 338:Les Enfants du lotus, voyage chez les bouddhistes 866:"Obituary – Abbas, world-renowned photographer" 413:Allah O Akbar, a journey through militant Islam 332:From 2008 to 2010 Abbas travelled the world of 294:Allah O Akbar, a journey through militant Islam 899:"Photojournalist Abbas – a career in pictures" 980:"Iconic Magnum photographer Abbas dies at 74" 309:Faces of Christianity, a photographic journey 154: 29: 8: 403:Allah O Akbar, voyages dans l’Islam militant 362:He died in Paris on 25 April 2018, aged 74. 1163:People from Sistan and Baluchistan Province 897:Photos, A. Abbas / Magnum (26 April 2018). 690:, Tarragona, Madrid, Malaga, Orense, Espana 618:, London; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, G.B. 544:. Unsourced material may be challenged and 323:In Whose Name? The Islamic World after 9/11 265:From 1983 to 1986, he travelled throughout 785:2009: Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France 271:Return to Mexico, journeys beyond the mask 156: 149: 40: 31: 18: 775:2008: Jardin Botanique, Brussels, Belgium 564:Learn how and when to remove this message 857: 1101:Photographs by Abbas at Magnum Photos 892: 890: 888: 886: 884: 882: 7: 1047: 1045: 724:Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan, France 542:adding citations to reliable sources 455:Abbas, I Grandi Fotografi di Magnum 365:About his photography Abbas wrote: 254:From 1978 to 1980, he photographed 148: 731:Noorderlicht, Leeuwarden, Hollande 211:Attar, an Iranian transplanted to 14: 606:Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art 1083:. London:Phaidon Press Limited. 919:– via www.theguardian.com. 680:Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze, Italia 514: 16:Iranian photographer (1944–2018) 793:Abbas, 45 Years in Photography, 314:From 2000 to 2002 he worked on 195:from 1971 to 1973, a member of 125: 67:Sistan and Baluchestan Province 1106:Abbas tribute at Magnum Photos 804:Photography Festival, Guernsey 678:Viaggio negli Islam del mondo, 389:, FCE Rio de Luz, Mexico, 1986 381:Iran, la révolution confisquée 199:from 1974 to 1980, and joined 1: 765:Vicino/Lontano, Udine, Italia 596:Rencontres de la Photographie 495:De la Martinière, Paris, 2011 419:Viaggio negli Islam del Mondo 1030:Abbas by Abbas (2019) - IMDb 796:National Museum of Singapore 427:, La Martiniere, Paris, 2000 344:which he concluded in 2013. 788:2009: Gallerie Polka, Paris 664:Moscow House of Photography 613:Citizen of the Third World, 433:, A. 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Khash
Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Imperial State of Iran
Paris
France
Melisa Teo
Persian
mononym
photographer
photojournalism
Biafra
Vietnam
South Africa
Sipa Press
Gamma
Magnum Photos
Paris
Biafra
Bangladesh
Ulster
Vietnam
Middle East
Chile
Cuba
South Africa
apartheid
the revolution in Iran
Mexico
aesthetics

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