“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 stories, which have become part of my life also.”
Tag: Majid Saeedi
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Majid Saeedi Life in War – The Eye of Photography
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Powerful and Surreal Photos Show Daily Life in War-Torn Afghanistan
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 in th
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Majid Saeedi’s work explores the paradox of living life amidst war—he focuses not so much on conflict itself, but rather on the daily life of people living with conflict, a detail that differentiates his work from much of what has been documented in the Middle East. Life in War captures everyday moments of everyday people living in war’s ravaged path, haunted by both a traumatic past and uncertain future.
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Behind the Scenes: Iran Releases Photographer
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.