Moises Saman

Moises Saman (born 1974) is a Spanish-American photographer. He is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation"[1][2] and a full member of Magnum Photos.[3] He lives in Tokyo.[3]

Saman is best known for his photographs from Iraq,[1] and has also worked in Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya,[2] and Syria.[4] His book of personal work about the revolution in Egypt and the broader Arab Spring,[5] Discordia (2016), was made whilst living and working as a photojournalist in the Middle East from 2011 to 2014.[6][7]

Saman has won awards from World Press Photo[8][9][10] and Pictures of the Year International,[11][12] and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship.[13]

Life and work

Saman is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation."[1][2] He is best known for his photographs from the wars in Iraq: the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the Iraqi Civil War.[1] He has also worked in Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya,[2] and Syria[4] including in rebel-held areas there.[14] He covered the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War for The New Yorker;[1][4] he has worked for Human Rights Watch.[5]

In 2010 Saman was invited to join Magnum Photos as a nominee and became a full member in 2014.[3]

Publication by Saman

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Seymour, Tom (31 March 2016). "Moises Saman on Iraq’s civil war". British Journal of Photography. Apptitude Media. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Brook, Pete (16 September 2013). "Conflict Photographer’s Best Pictures Are Some of Humanity’s Worst Moments". Wired (magazine). Condé Nast Publications. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Moises Saman: Spanish, American. b. 1974: Biography". Magnum Photos. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Filkins, Dexter (18 April 2014). "Moises Saman’s Return to Iraq". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 Bayley, Bruno (7 February 2014). "Moises Saman's Stunning Photos of Humanity in Conflict Zones". Vice (magazine). Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Bajekal, Naina (28 February 2016). "In Conversation: Photographer Moises Saman On His Journey Documenting the Arab Spring". Newsweek. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Jillani, Jehan (12 May 2016). "Five Years Later, a Photographer Revisits the Arab Spring". National Geographic. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Daily Life, third prize stories". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  9. 1 2 "General News, third prize stories". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  10. 1 2 "General News, second prize singles". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Winners of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition Judged February 16 through March 7, 2008". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Winners of the Seventy-Second Annual Pictures of the Year International Competition Judged February 2 - 20, 2015". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Moises Saman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Lee Anderson, Jon (21 August 2012). "Moises Saman: Photographs from Rebel-Held Syria". The New Yorker.
  15. ↑ "2007 OPC Award Winners". Overseas Press Club. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Joseph Sywenkyj Receives $30,000 Grant from W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund in Humanistic Photography for Verses from a Nation in Transition". W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  17. ↑ Little, Myles (9 April 2015). "Photojournalist Moises Saman Receives Guggenheim Fellowship". Time. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Discordia – Moises Saman". www.anamorphosisprize.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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