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DIGITAL PRINT 2/10 40 X 60 CM 15 X 23 '' 2007
1981 IRAN EN
Newsha is a self-taught photographer, who began working as a professional photographer for the Iranian press at the age of 16. She started at the women's daily newspaper Zan, and later on worked for other nine reformist dailies, which were all banned. At the age of 21, she began working internationally, covering wars, natural disasters, and shooting social documentary stories of Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen. FR Autodidacte, Newsha commença à travailler en tant que photographe professionnel pour la presse iranienne à l'âge de 16 ans. Sa carrière débuta avec le quotidien féminin Zan puis l'artiste travailla pour neuf quotidien réformistes, tous censurés depuis. A 21 ans, la photographe commence à travailler à l'internationale, couvrant les guerres, catastrophes naturelles et histoires sociales en Irak, Liban, Syrie, Arabie Saoudite, Pakistan et Yémen. |
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Exhibitions
2016 Prince Claus Fund Gallery, Amsterdam, ND LACMA, LA, USA 2015 Saatchi, London, UK Chapelle des Beaux - Arts de Paris, France East Wing Gallery, Dubaï, UAE 2013 LACMA, LA, USA Boston Museum of Fine Art, USA Bildmuseet Contemporary Art, Umea, Sweden Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK Mark Hachem Gallery, Paris, France 2012 Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon British Museum, London, UK Otto Gallery, Florence Italy Aaran Gallery, Dubai, UAE 2011 Jakob Church, Oslo, Norway 2010 Kunsthalle Enerxgasse, Vienna, Austria 2009 Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA 2008 Cicero Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Awards & Prizes 2009 Finalist for the Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize 2007 Finalist for the Inge Morath award by Magnum Photo Agency 2006 That same year she was selected as one of the 12 participants of the Joop Swart Masterclass with the World Press Photo 2006 Still Photography Award from the All Roads Film Project by the National Geographic 2003 Pictures of the Year International Competition, Category of magazine feature
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International art fairs2015 Biennale Venice, Italy 2013 Art Paris, Mark Hachem Gallery, France 2012 Paris Photo, France International Biennale for Young Art, Moscow, Russia Art Dubaï, UAE 2011 Biennale Poznan, Poland Menasart Fair, Beirut, Lebanon 2009 Art Dubai, UAE
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