| LC control no. | n 80126632 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Abbas |
| Variant(s) | Abbas, Jalaï, 1944-2018 ʻAṭṭār, Abbas (Photographer) |
| Other standard no. | 0000000108548642 7385886 Q305864 |
| Associated country | Iran France |
| Associated place | Mexico |
| Birth date | 1944-03-29 |
| Death date | 2018-04-25 |
| Place of birth | Kāshān (Iran) |
| Place of death | Paris (France) |
| Field of activity | Photography Documentary photography Photography, Artistic Religion and civil society |
| Affiliation | Magnum Photos Sipa Press Agence Gamma |
| Profession or occupation | Photographers Photojournalists War photographers |
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| Found in | Division Kamanyola, 1978 (a.e.) p. 120 (photos: Abbas) Magnum concert, 1985: t.p. (Abbas) p. 101 (b. 1944, Kash (Iran)) His Retornos a Oapan, 1986: t.p. (Abbas) p. 1 (Fotógrafo de nascimiento, iraní tercermundista trasplantado a Occidente) Magnum Korea, c2008: t.p. (Abbas) 7 days in Myanmar, 2014: t.p. (Abbas) p. 270 (an Iranian photographer transplanted in France) OCLC database, viewed April 20, 2015 (access points: Abbas; Abbas, Jalai, 1944- ; usage: Abbas, Jalaï Abbas) New York times, 17 May 2018: page A25 (Abbas Attar; Abbas, as he referred to himself professionally; born in Iran near the Pakistan border; died Wednesday [Apr. 25, 2018], Paris, France, aged 74; photographed Iran's 1979 Revolution; said growing up during Algeria's war of independence sparked his interest in documenting political events; documented cataclysmic events throughout the world, including the Iranian revolution, and developed a particular interest in the role religion played in them.) Magnum Photos website, Abbas: 1944-2018, Apr. 25, 2018, viewed October 1, 2024 (Magnum photographer Abbas; photographed the revolution in Iran 1978-1980, explaining in Farsi to those who tried to deter him from photographing, "This is for history"; covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid; he also documented life in Mexico 1983-1986; pursued a lifelong interest in religion and its intersection with society; documented the political, religious and social life of societies in conflict; joined Magnum in 1981, having previously been a member of Sipa (1971-1973) and Gamma (1974-1980); he became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1985; returned to Iran in 1997 after 17 years of voluntary exile; made a series on the rise of Islamism throughout the world (1987-1994); also did projects on Christianity, animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism; occupied a niche that straddled both photojournalism and art) <https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/abbas-1944-2018/> |
| Associated language | eng fre spa per |
| Invalid LCCN | no2009161269 |
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