Tag: Newsha Tavakolian
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Magnum photographer defends images of teenage gang rape victim after humanitarian organisation removes them from website
Magnum photographer defends images of teenage gang rape victim after humanitarian organisation removes them from website After controversy on social media surrounding Newsha Tavakolian’s photographs of East Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières announces internal review via The Art Newspaper – International art news and events: https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/20/magnum-photographer-defends-images-of-teenage-gang-rape-victim-after-humanitarian-organisation-removes-them-from-website The celebrated Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has defended herself against…
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Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 – Photojournalism Now
Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – 7 February, 2020 This week on Photojournalism Now: Friday Round Up – the 10th annual Women’s show at Magnet Galleries, Melbourne, plus a review of Dr. Lauren Walsh’s exceptional book, Conversation… via Photojournalism Now: https://photojournalismnow43738385.wordpress.com/2020/02/07/photojournalism-now-friday-round-up-7-february-2020/ For those of us who work in journalism the myth of the cavalier photojournalist…
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Nine pros talk about the present and future economics of a photography career
Link: The photographers interviewed include photojournalists such as Ed Kashi of the VII Agency and Peter Van Agtmael of Magnum, fashion photographer Peter Stigter, Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, and others
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Newsha Tavakolian versus Carmignac – The Eye of Photography
Link: Today I am announcing that due to irreconcilable differences over the presentation of my work, I am returning the cash award and stepping down as the winner of the Carmignac Gestion Award for photojournalism 2014, canceling all my cooperation with this foundation and its patron, the French investment banker Edouard Carmignac.
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Magnum Photos Blog
Link: Michael Christopher Brown has been made an Associate Member Carolyn Drake has been made a Magnum Nominee Matt Black has been made a Magnum Nominee Newsha Tavakolian has been made a Magnum Nominee Max Pinckers has been made a Magnum Nominee Richard Mosse has been made a Magnum Nominee Lorenzo Meloni has been made…
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See Iran Coming Out of the Shadows | TIME
See Iran Coming Out of the Shadows Photographer Newsha Tavakolian takes us through the looking glass via Time: https://time.com/4098457/see-iran-coming-out-of-the-shadows/ Photographer Newsha Tavakolian takes us through the looking glass
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Newsha Tavakolian Wins €100K Cultural Prize; Pledges to €45K to Help Refugees, Charities in Iran
Newsha Tavakolian Wins €100K Cultural Prize; Pledges to €45K to Help Refugees, Charities in Iran | PDNPulse Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian will receive the 2015 Principal Prince Claus Award, a 100,000 Euro prize. She has pledged nearly half to charity. via PDNPulse: http://pdnpulse.pdnonline.com/2015/09/newsha-tavakolian-wins-e100k-cultural-prize-pledges-to-e45k-to-help-refugees-charities-in-iran.html “Unfortunately it is hard for me to enjoy this prize as much…
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2015 Magnum Nominees : The Future of Photojournalism – The Eye of Photography
2015 Magnum Nominees : The Future of Photojournalism From film-inspired Max Pinckers to war reporter Lorenzo Meloni, from Newsha Tavakolian’s insider’s view to the conceptual work of Richard Moose, from the lyrical Carolyn Drake to the classic approach of Matt Black, the six Magnum nominees for 2015 cover the full range of current documentary trends
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Newsha Tavakolian Believes Rule Changes to the Prix Carmignac Guarantee Her “Artistic Freedom” – The Eye of Photography
Newsha Tavakolian Believes Rule Changes to the Prix Carmignac Guarantee Her “Artistic Freedom” Is the controversy over? Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian, winner of the fifth Prix Carmignac, has reversed her decision to return the award and its 50,000€ prize.
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Winner of the Prix Carmignac Returns Prize Money – The Eye of Photography
Winner of the Prix Carmignac Returns Prize Money Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian claims that her report on her home country was a misrepresentation
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Keeping True to an Iranian Vision, Minus Big Money
Keeping True to an Iranian Vision, Minus Big Money Newsha Tavakolian returned a 50,000-euro prize rather than see her work about contemporary Iran be controlled — distorted, she says — by the financier whose foundation selected her. via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/keeping-true-to-an-iranian-vision-minus-big-money/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 “I had to make a choice between my artistic freedom and my dignity, or…
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The Guide: August 2013 Edition
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/08/05/the-guide-august-2013-edition/#1 LightBox presents our monthly round-up of the best books, exhibitions and ways to experience photography beyond the web—from Carrie Levy’s exhibition in North Carolina and Gabriel Orozco’s latest show in Edinburgh, to Newsha Tavakolian in Los Angeles and England based Trolley…
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Through Story, a Look into Iran: Newsha Tavakolian’s Portraiture
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/04/23/through-story-a-look-into-iran-newsha-tavakolians-portraiture/#1 “I used to think that photographers should travel to wars and earthquakes to capture suffering, but its much harder to portray the atmosphere of those suffering in their normal lives,” she says. “When my heart hurts for someone, even my sister…
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On Assignment: Covering Tehran – Lens Blog
On Assignment: Covering Tehran – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com: Newsha Tavakolian, a 28-year-old photographer who was born and raised in Tehran, has been covering Iran for Polaris Images since 2001 and has also worked as a freelancer for The Times since 2004.
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New Group Unites Six Women Photojournalists
From PDN: With the guidance of photographer Gary Knight of the VII agency, the six women have formed a new group called EVE Photographers to create and promote social documentary photojournalism. They will collaborate on projects and post their best work on a group web site. The photographers are Marizilda Cruppe (in Brazil), Agnès Dherbeys…