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 Reza Deghati (2023) | |
| Born | (1952-07-26)July 26, 1952 (age 72) Tabriz, Iran |
| Nationality | French—Iranian |
| Occupation | Photojournalist |
| Website | rezaphotography |
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Reza Deghati (Persian:رضا دقتی; born July 26, 1952)[1] is anIranian-Frenchphotojournalist.
Reza was born inTabriz, Iran. He is ethnicallyAzerbaijani.[2][3] Reza's career began with studies inarchitecture.[4] Following his passion forphotography, he became a photographer. He took his first photograph at 14, and at 16 he published a high school magazine called Parvaz.He clandestinely displayed his photographs on theUniversity of Tehran grids. For his artistic activism, he was arrested at 22, jailed for three years, and tortured for five months.
In 1979, he left architecture to become a photojournalist. He covered the Iranian Revolution[4] for theSipa Press agency andNewsweek magazine. He was finally forced into exile in 1981 for his photographs published in theinternational press.Then he decided to move to Paris, France.For nearly four decades, Reza has covered a large part of the globe for international media (Time Magazine,Stern,Newsweek,El País,Paris Match andGeo...), notably for National Geographic[5] His assignments have taken him to over a hundred countries. His photographs are testimony to the chaos of War,[6] its ravages and the helplessness of human beings caught in the storm. They also tell the world's cultures, traditions, history, and, most of all, Reza's infallible hope for a better world.Year, 1991 marks the beginning of a long and close collaboration withNational Geographic magazine, for which he carries out many subjects. His photographs were the subject of 25 covers of the magazine.The following year, Reza co-founded in Paris, with his wife Rachel Deghati,[7] awriter, a studio around the image and words, the agency Webistan Photo Agency.[8]Reza is quickly convinced that there are as many ways to tell a story as media, press publications,web-documentaries,exhibitions, installations in thepublic space, documentaries made by him or on his work, books andconferences are all complementary means of talking about a subject he is witnessing. Since its creation, its agency has helped to implement its different projects.
Over the last three decades, Reza's photographs have been on the covers ofNational Geographic Magazine, with more featured in international publications. He is also the author of seventeen books, including War+Peace, the first in a series entitled Masters of Photography by National Geographic, and most recently, Sindhbad, Reza's adaptation of the seven journeys of this mystical character from the classic tale, A Thousand and One Nights. A Childhood Promise[9] is the story of discovery, narrated by three people, about a promise made by Reza to his son, Delazad.
He has worked internationally forNational Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Television has produced several films about Reza's work, most notably Frontline Diaries, which won anEmmy Award in 2002. In 2003, Reza served as Creative Director for National Geographic's most viewed documentary, Inside Mecca.[1][10] As part of its Exceptional Journeys series, National Geographic released a documentary[11] looking at Reza's career as a photojournalist, with special features highlighting his extensive humanitarian work.
Since 1983 Reza has been avolunteer committed to training in the language of the image, of the population from conflict-ridden societies to help them strive for a better world. In 1990, he interrupted his career as a photojournalist and became a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan[12] for nine months in a program of reconstruction and assistance to the population in the Northern provinces of the country.He took his cameras to start working for National Geographic Magazine but pursued actions undertaken voluntarily.In 1996 inRwanda, he worked alongsideUNICEF and theICRC to continue a photo tracing operation initiated by these two organizations allowing parents to find their children lost during the mass exodus from Rwanda torefugee camps. From theDemocratic Republic of Congo, 12,000 children's portraits were posted in IDP camps.In 1998, Reza got involved in school construction for refugee children inBaku,Azerbaijan.In 1991, Reza served as a consultant to theUnited Nations inAfghanistan, helping to distribute food to populations in war-torn parts of the country. In 2001, he foundedAina (Persian for The Mirror), an international new generation non-profit organization that opened a first center inKabul, Afghanistan—dedicated to educating and empowering dedicated to educating and empowering Afghan women and children through the media. By providing educational opportunities in the field of communications and multimedia. Aina aimed to equip Afghans with the skills to build a self-sufficient, democratic, and unified country. For his work on such humanitarian causes and because of his work with Aina in Afghanistan, National Geographic awarded him the title of National Geographic Fellow[13] in 2006. In 2009, after training 1,000 Afghans, including the 2012Pulitzer Prize winner Massoud Hossaini[14] the association became completely independent and Afghan led.[citation needed]
Reza has continued to conduct workshops to youths around the world (Italian and French suburbs, refugee camps inIraqi Kurdistan, favelas in Buenos Aires, center for displaced youth inBamako etc.). By founding the non-profit organization Reza Visual Academy,[15][16] which seeks to form young people between 11 and 20 years in the language of the image through the photographic tool. Passive victims, become visual witnesses and, therefore actors in their destiny.Hishumanitarian work and photojournalism have been recognized by international institutions and universities, includingGeorge Washington University,Stanford University,Beijing University, and theSorbonne in Paris.
He spends much of his time as a lecturer, trainer, and visiting professor, giving presentations and running workshops on global issues. His humanitarian work and photojournalism have been recognized by international institutions and universities, includingGeorge Washington University,Stanford University,Beijing University and theSorbonne in Paris. He also participated in documentary projects for the French photography website24h.com.Reza's photographs have been exhibited throughout the world. War+Peace (2009), an exhibit featuring thirty years worth of Reza's photojournalistic adventures, was held at the Caen Memorial (Peace Museum) in Normandy, France. One World, One Tribe (2006), was the National Geographic Museum's first outdoor exhibition inWashington D.C., and Reza's landmark exhibition in Paris,[17] drew a million visitors.
Reza's photographs[18] have been exhibited in major cities throughout the world.From monumental installations in thepublic space to more modest localexhibitions, Reza strives to makephotography accessible to all.In 1998, he installed, for the first time in public space, at theCarrousel du Louvre, an exhibition Mémoires d'exil. This begins a long series of original installations outside museums, allowing everyone to meet visual art and information. Thus, to cite only these, Destins Croisés, on the grids of the Jardin du Luxembourg[19] in Paris in 2003,One World, One Tribe, first exhibition of the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC in 2006, War + Peace, exposed in 2009 at the Caen Memorial in Normandy and in 2011 on the banks of the Garonne in Toulouse.[20] There are nearly 450 photographic exhibitions in France and abroad, including major installations on the Corniche in Doha (Qatar),[21] in the major cities of Corsica, atKew Gardens in London, at theUN headquarters in New York City, Parliament in Brussels, as well asUNESCO, thePetit Palais museum and thebanks of the Seine in Paris. In 2013, Reza has designed, the first 370-meter giant mural along the banks of the Seine facing the Musée d'Orsay,[22] dedicated to Coffee Workers[23][24] around the world.In 2015, he reiterated the same major installation entitled Dream of Humanity. It presents his photographic work on refugees around the world as well as the photographs taken by young Syrian refugees[25] in a camp inIraqi Kurdistan who have followed since the end of 2013 the photography training of her association Reza Workshops. In 2018, he exhibited his work Face to Face in China.
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In 1996, Reza won the Hope Prize for contributing to a joint project withUNICEF in Rwanda entitled Lost Children's Portraits. In 2005, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, France's highest civilian honor, for his philanthropic work in children's education and women's empowerment in the empowerment of women in the media. In 2006, Spain's Crown Prince Felipe presented him with thePrince of Asturias Humanitarian Medal on behalf ofNational Geographic. The same year, Reza received the Honor Medal[34] from theUniversity of Missouri - Columbia School of Journalism “in recognition of his lifelong contributions, through photojournalism, to justice and dignity for the world’s citizens." He also received an award recognizing his humanitarian work from theUniversity of Chicago.In 2008, Reza became a senior fellow of theAshoka Foundation, and in May 2009, he received the Honorary Degree ofDoctor Honoris Causa[35] from theAmerican University of Paris (AUP) for his achievements in journalism and humanitarianism. In October 2009, he received the Lucie Award[36] for Achievement in Documentary from the New York-based Lucie Foundation and in May 2010, in New York, theInfinity Award of ICP (International Center of Photography) honored Reza for his latest report onAfghanistan; “Once upon a time, the Russian Empire”, in Photojournalism category.
- Дело в том, что я сам родился в Тебризе, знаю язык, я сам азербайджанец. Несмотря на то, что я гражданин Франции, проживаю в Париже, у меня азербайджанское происхождение.
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