نیوشا توکلیان-NewshaTavakolian
نیوشا توکلیان-NewshaTavakolian
http://www.newshatavakolian.com
نیوشا توکلیان متولد ۱۳۶۱ از تهران خبرنگار و عکاس ایرانی، یکی از دختران با استعداد ایرانی است که از سال ۷۷ عکاسی حرفه‌ای را آغاز کرده است. از سال ۲۰۰۲ عکسهای وی در نشریات معتبر بین‌المللی مثل تایم، نیویورک تایمز، اشترن، فیگارو و برخی دیگر از نشریات آمریکایی و اروپایی به چاپ رسیده است. او عکاس خودآموخته‌ای است که عکاسی حرفه‌ای را در سن ۱۶ سالگی در نشریه زن آغاز کرد و در نشریات دیگر ادامه داد. او تا کنون در کشورهای عراق، لبنان، سوریه، عربستان و پاکستان به عکاسی پرداخته است.
A self-taught photographer, Newsha began working professionally in the Iranian press at the age of
16, at women’s daily newspaper “Zan”. At the age of 18, she was the youngest photographer to
cover the 1999 student uprising, which was a turning point for the country’s blossoming reformist
movement and for Newsha personally as a photojournalist; a year later she joined New York based
agency Polaris Images.
In 2002 she started working internationally, covering the war in Iran for several months. She has
since covered regional conflicts, natural disasters and made social documentary stories in Iraq,
Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen. Her work is published in international
magazines and newspapers such as Time Magazine, Newsweek, Stern, Le Figaro, Colors, The
New York Times, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, NRC Handelsblad and the New York Times Magazine.
In 2008 Newsha was assigned by National Geographic magazine for a feature story on Iran; her
work made the cover in several European editions.
In 2009 Newsha covered the Presidential elections in Irean, which ended up in chaos and forced
her to temporarily halt her photojournalistic work. Instead she started working on project that
experts describe as a mix of social documentary photography and fine art.
Her work has been displayed in dozens of international art exhibitions and has been on show in
museums such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, LACMA in Los Angeles and the British
Museum, which has also bought several of her prints.
Meanwhile, countering the predominantly male western dominance on photojournalism in her
region, she brought together a group of six Middle Eastern women photographers, uniting them in
the RAWIYAH collective.
In 2012, her first book “The Fifth Pillar” was published by Gilgamesh publishers in London, covering
her personal take on the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj. More recently, Newsha was
commissioned by the Qatar Foundation to travel around the world for 3 months taking photographs
for a book about education to be published in March 2014. Also in 2014 Newsha was a member of
the 2014 World Press Photo competition jury.
Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions including the Victoria and Albert Museum,
LACMA, The Boston Museum of Fine Art and the British Museum.
In 2014 Newsha Tavakolian was chosen as the fifth laureate of the Carmignac Gestion
Photojournalism Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in the profession. Her work will be
exhibited in Paris in November 2014, where also her new book will be launched. After Paris, the
work will go on a tour to London, Frankfurt and Milan.
In 2015 she was awarded as the principle laureate of the Prince Claus Award.
Newsha became a Magnum Agency Nominee in 2015
- وب سایت شخصی این عکاس، عکس هایی از آثار این هنرمند به طور اسلاید نمایش داده می شوند و در قسمت بالای صفحه منوی سایت دیده می شود که با کلیک بر روی قسمت های مختلف آن می توان به بخش مورد نظر خود در سایت وارد شد.
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