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Newsha Tavakolian (born 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for ''Time Magazine'', ''The New York Times'', ''Le Figaro'', and ''National Geographic''. She is particularly known for focusing on women's issues in her work, and has been a member of the Rawiya women's photography collective, she co-established in 2011.〔Megan Gibson, ("Rawiya: Photography Collective Finds Strength in Numbers" ), ''Time'', November 3, 2011.〕〔Alyssa Coppleman, ("Photos of Women Who Could Go to Prison for Singing for Men" ), ''Slate'', October 3, 2012.〕 Tavakolian is a nominee member of Magnum Photos. ==Career== Born and brought up in Tehran, at age 16, Tavakolian did a 6-month photography course,〔 thereafter she began working as professional photographer in Iranian press. She started at the women's daily newspaper Zan, and later worked for other nine reformist dailies, all since banned.〔 When she covered the July 1999 student uprising, using her Minolta with 50mm lens, her photographs were published in several publications.〔 She got her international break in 2001 at age 21, when she met J.P. Pappis, founder Polaris Images, New York at a photography festival in Perpignan, France. Thereafter, she began covering Iran for Polaris Images, in the same year, and started working as a freelancer for ''The Times'' in 2004. Over the years, she has been working internationally, covering wars, natural disasters and social documentary stories in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Yemen.〔(Biography and introduction of Tavakolian ) in Persian〕 Her work has been published by international magazines and newspapers such as in ''Time Magazine'', ''Newsweek'', ''Stern'', ''Le Figaro'', ''Colors'', ''New York Times Magazine'', ''Der Spiegel'', ''Le Monde'', ''NRC Handelsblad'' and ''National Geographic''.〔(BBC reports "8 o'clock" gallery ) in Persian〕 A common theme in her work is photo stories of women, friends and neighbours in Iran, evolving role of women in overcoming gender-based restrictions, and contrasts the stereotypes in western media.〔〔 Her photo projects include ''Mother of Martyrs ''(2006), ''Women in the Axis of Evil'' (2006), ''The Day I Became a Woman'' (2010) and ''Look'' (2013), which opened at Thomas Erben Gallery, New York City. She was part of the 2006 Joop Swart Masterclass organized by World Press Photo.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=World Press Photo )〕 In 2007 she was a finalist for the Inge Morath Award.〔("Newsha Tavakolian (Iran): Iran, Girl Power! Inge Morath Award Finalist, 2007." ) Inge Morath Foundation (accessed 2013-11-16).〕 Her work has been exhibited and collected at institutions such as the British Museum,〔("British Museum exhibits photos by Iran’s Tavakolian" ), ''Press TV'', February 8, 2012.〕 the Victoria and Albert Museum,〔("Newsha Tavakolian, from the series 'Mothers of Martyrs'" ), Victoria and Albert Museum (accessed 2013-11-16).〕 Los Angeles County Museum of Art,〔(Newsha Tavakolian ), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (accessed 2013-11-16).〕 the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 〔Kerri McDonald, ("A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers" ), ''The New York Times'', August 26, 2013.〕 and Somerset House, London. (April 2014), where she was one of eight Iranian photographers featured in the critically acclaimed "Burnt Generation" exhibition. In June 2015 Tavakolian became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.〔 She lives and works in Tehran〔 and is married to the Dutch journalist Thomas Erdbrink. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newsha Tavakolian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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