Moises Saman

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Moises Saman (born 1974) is a Spanish-Peruvian photographer, based in Tokyo. [1] He is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation" [2] [3] and is a full member of Magnum Photos. [1] Saman is best known for his photographs from Iraq. [2] His book Discordia (2016) is about the revolution in Egypt and the broader Arab Spring. [4] Glad Tidings of Benevolence (2023) is about the Iraq War.

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Saman has won multiple awards from World Press Photo [5] [6] [7] and Pictures of the Year International, [8] [9] and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship. [10]

Life and work

Saman was born Lima, Peru. His father is Peruvian and his mother is Spanish. At the age of one, his family relocated from Peru to Barcelona, Spain, where Moises spent most of his youth. He is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation." [2] [3] He worked as a photojournalist in the Middle East from 2011 to 2014. [11] [12] He is best known for his photographs from the wars in Iraq: the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the Iraqi Civil War [2] but has also worked in Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, [3] and Syria [13] including in rebel-held areas there. [14] He covered the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War for The New Yorker [2] [13] and has worked for Human Rights Watch. [4] It was during this period in the Middle East that he made Discordia (2016), a book of personal work about the revolution in Egypt and the broader Arab Spring. [4]

In 2010 Saman was invited to join Magnum Photos as a nominee and became a full member in 2014. [1]

Publications

Publications by Saman

Publications with contributions by Saman

Awards

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  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 Brook, Pete (16 September 2013). "Conflict Photographer's Best Pictures Are Some of Humanity's Worst Moments". Wired . Condé Nast Publications . Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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  6. 1 2 "General News, third prize stories". World Press Photo . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. 1 2 "General News, second prize singles". World Press Photo . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 1 2 "Moises Saman". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  11. ↑ Bajekal, Naina (28 February 2016). "In Conversation: Photographer Moises Saman On His Journey Documenting the Arab Spring". Newsweek . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  12. ↑ Jillani, Jehan (12 May 2016). "Five Years Later, a Photographer Revisits the Arab Spring". National Geographic . Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. 1 2 Filkins, Dexter (18 April 2014). "Moises Saman's Return to Iraq". The New Yorker . Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Lee Anderson, Jon (21 August 2012). "Moises Saman: Photographs from Rebel-Held Syria". The New Yorker . Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  15. ↑ Williams, Megan (24 March 2023). "Moises Saman documents the "competing narratives" of the Iraq war". Creative Review. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  16. ↑ "2007 OPC Award Winners". Overseas Press Club . Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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