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Arts > Photo > War photographers > Abbas 1944-2018
Vietnam, 1973 Abbas wears a helmet and flak-jacket while covering the war
Photograph: Abbas
Photojournalist Abbas - a career in pictures
The Iranian-born photographer Abbas, who covered wars and revolutions across the world, has died aged 74.
Abbas joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Iran, Chile and Cuba as well as documenting South Africa under apartheid.
‘He was a godfather for an entire generation of young photographers,’ Magnum’s president, Thomas Dworzak, said
Warning: contains images some readers may find disturbing
Abbas / Magnum Photos Thu 26 Apr 2018 13.26 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/apr/26/
warning: graphic violence
Kuwait, 1991 Next to a tank destroyed by US aerial bombing, a dead Iraqi soldier is mummified by drops of oil escaping from wells, set on fire by the soldier’s unit before it retreated
Photojournalist Abbas - a career in pictures
The Iranian-born photographer Abbas, who covered wars and revolutions across the world, has died aged 74.
Abbas joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Iran, Chile and Cuba as well as documenting South Africa under apartheid.
‘He was a godfather for an entire generation of young photographers,’ Magnum’s president, Thomas Dworzak, said
Warning: contains images some readers may find disturbing
A Abbas / Magnum Photos Thu 26 Apr 2018 13.26 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/apr/26/
Tehran, Iran, 1979 After a demonstration in support of the constitution and prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar, a woman, believed to be a supporter of the shah, is mobbed by a revolutionary crowd
Photograph: Abbas/Magnum Photos
Photojournalist Abbas - a career in pictures
The Iranian-born photographer Abbas, who covered wars and revolutions across the world, has died aged 74.
Abbas joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Iran, Chile and Cuba as well as documenting South Africa under apartheid.
‘He was a godfather for an entire generation of young photographers,’ Magnum’s president, Thomas Dworzak, said
Warning: contains images some readers may find disturbing
A Abbas / Magnum Photos Thu 26 Apr 2018 13.26 BST
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/apr/26/
Abbas Iran 1944-2018
The Iranian-born photographer Abbas (...) covered wars and revolutions across the world
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Abbas joined Magnum in 1981 and covered conflicts and unrest in Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Middle East, Iran, Chile and Cuba as well as documenting South Africa under apartheid.
‘He was a godfather for an entire generation of young photographers,’ Magnum’s president, Thomas Dworzak, said
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/apr/26/
https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/abbas-1944-2018/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/apr/26/
https://www.npr.org/2015/11/19/
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