Link: “As a photographer I believe it is my responsibility to show how other people live their lives…a lot of us sit at home and don’t even know our neighbors. I wanted to get closer to the normal people of Afghanistan, to live with them, eat with them and talk to them. To tell their…
Powerful and Surreal Photos Show Daily Life in War-Torn Afghanistan – Feature Shoot For the past two decades, Iranian photographer Majid Saeedi has documented humanitarian issues in the Middle East. He was recently selected as the winner of the 2014 FotoEvidence Book Award for his work Life in War, an intimate account of daily life…
Behind the Scenes: Iran Releases Photographer – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: Majid Saeedi, an Iranian freelancer for Getty Images who was arrested a month ago — apparently for taking and transmitting news pictures — has been released from Evin prison on the outskirts of Tehran, Getty executives said Wednesday.
Iran Claims Two Detained Photographers “Confessed”: Iran’s official news agency says detained photojournalists Majid Saeedi and Satyar Emami have confessed to enemy behavior, a claim immediately rejected by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
