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Guy Martin was born in 1983 in England and graduated in documentary photography from the University of Wales. One of his first personal projects, a documentation of the border region between Turkey and...
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Ciril Jazbec was born in 1987 in Slovenia where he first took up photography and visual storytelling. He studied management before his passion led him to Britain. In 2011 he graduated in...
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François-Xavier Marit discovered his passion for photography at 15 while using his father’s camera. His passion became a job when he joined the AFP in 1987. Since 1999, he has covered most major...
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Philippe Lopez was born in France in 1974 and has been working for AFP in Asia for 14 years. He began his career in 1999 in Cambodia as a freelancer and became AFP staffer the following year. In 2002...
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Abdollah Heidari was born in Tehran in 1985, six years after the Islamic Republic of Iran was established. At the age of 21, he passed basic and advance photography courses and took part to various...
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Gilad Kavalerchik, 35, who started professionnal photography at 21. He joined daily Yedioth Aharonot as a News/Sports photographer. He currently works as a freelance photographer but remains with...
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Kushti is the traditional form of Indian wrestling established centuries ago in Persia. This art is practiced in a type of gymnasium called an Akhara. Wrestlers or “Pelwhans” enter a pit made of clay,...
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Baraa Hajjo Al-Halabi is a 22-year-old photographer. Born and raised in Aleppo, Syria, he started taking pictures during the 2011 peaceful demonstrations across the country. On several occasions, he...
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Fragmented - The Human Cost of War in Ukraine After the insurrection in Kiev’s Maidan Square, with the rising number of pro-Russian protesters and the creation of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s...
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was first reported in March 2014 and believed by scientists to have started in late December with the death of a 2 year old boy, believed to have contracted the virus...
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