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One glance at the photos that won Ebrahim Noroozi several World Press Photo Awards is enough to immediately understand the astounding versatility of this Iranian photographer. He is an established journalist and a staunch defender of the environment, but also a visual artist with an innovative approach. He enjoys an impressive international reputation: his work journeys from his native Iran to India and Afghanistan, and graces the pages of the world’s most prestigious magazines such as Time, The New York Times and The Washington Post. In one series, he documents the terrifying story of a mother and daughter who were both subject to an acid attack by their husband and father. In another, he takes a no-holds-barred look at his home country, condemning the use of hanging as a death penalty.
However, this photographic chameleon also embraces a more enigmatic stance, venturing into abstraction with artistic work that features nature, the elements and a masterful use of colour. Two series by Ebrahim Noroozi are on show at La Gacilly, demonstrating a photographic style that could be described as a reverie on the ravages of global warming.
Last week in Europe, the United States sent some very strong messages it is prepared to upend the established global order.
US Vice President JD Vance warned a stunned Munich Security Conference that Europe has an “enemy within”, referring to leaders who ignore their citizens’ concerns and values. He also advocated for right-wing political groups to be brought into the mainstream.
Meanwhile, at a meeting of NATO defense ministers, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth talked about hard power, the warrior ethos and the need for NATO members to spend up to 5% of their GDPs on defense. Most have only just climbed to about 2%, the longstanding NATO guideline.
In Poland, he reaffirmed the US commitment to the defense of Poland (and NATO) and committed to bolstering the US military presence there. So, despite the mixed messaging, the United States is not leaving Europe anytime soon.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is reportedly demanding a significant levy from Ukraine as payback for US protection and support.
The combination of remarks has left pundits and policymakers wondering – is the US-led international order, with its multilateral institutions, nearing its end?
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Afghanistan on the Edge
Photo Contest, Asia, Stories
Photographer Ebrahim Noroozi
Associated Press 02 February,
An Afghan man, who lost a leg when a suicide bomber attacked Kabul Airport in , walks through a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August , an already war-devastated economy was further impacted by the withdrawal of almost all foreign aid and the freezing of Afghan state assets abroad. As international aid had previously accounted for an estimated 80% of government expenditure, an already fragile Afghan economy effectively collapsed. A four-year drought, and major earthquakes – in June , and three of magnitude in Herat in October – have exacerbated the crisis.
According to Human Rights Watch, more than 28 million people, almost two-thirds of the Afghan population, needed humanitarian aid in ; million needed it for basic survival. The World Food Programme reported that by mid, 4 million Afghans were acutely malnourished, including million children under five. Although a reduction in conflict contributed to a slight decrease in the number of p
In this series, Ebrahim Noroozi: Snapshots of Iran, we’re publishing some of the acclaimed Iranian photographer’s most powerful images.
Ebrahim Noroozi has made a career out of pointing his camera towards the sights that others shy from. Since starting out as a photographer in , Noroozi has enjoyed spectacular success. He’s picked up numerous awards (including three World Press Photo Awards), exhibited at prestigious shows like Paris Photo, and had his photos published by the likes of Time Magazine and the New York Times.
Videos by VICE
Working primarily around the fringes of Iranian society, Noroozi explores both human and environmental stories with a deft touch; coaxing out the innate beauty in all of his subjects &#; regardless of darkness, grime, or grotesquerie. He does this in a country that few Westerners even attempt to understand: a nation of unimaginably vast and varied natural wonder; one that’s often still characterised using crude stereotypes. It’s a country where ancient history is a force in contemporary life; a place where memories of war and trauma persist in the public psyche, looming large, threatening to return once again with every
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After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August , an already war-devastated economy was further impacted by the withdrawal of almost all foreign aid and the freezing of Afghan state assets abroad. As international aid had previously accounted for an estimated 80% of government expenditure, an already fragile Afghan economy effectively collapsed. A four-year drought, and major earthquakes – in June , and three of magnitude in Herat in October – have exacerbated the crisis.
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In this series, Ebrahim Noroozi: Snapshots of Iran, we’re publishing some of the acclaimed Iranian photographer’s most powerful images.
Ebrahim Noroozi has made a career out of pointing his camera towards the sights that others shy from. Since starting out as a photographer in , Noroozi has enjoyed spectacular success. He’s picked up numerous awards (including three World Press Photo Awards), exhibited at prestigious shows like Paris Photo, and had his photos published by the likes of Time Magazine and the New York Times.
Videos by VICE
Working primarily around the fringes of Iranian society, Noroozi explores both human and environmental stories with a deft touch; coaxing out the innate beauty in all of his subjects &#; regardless of darkness, grime, or grotesquerie. He does this in a country that few Westerners even attempt to understand: a nation of unimaginably vast and varied natural wonder; one that’s often still characterised using crude stereotypes. It’s a country where ancient history is a force in contemporary life; a place where memories of war and trauma persist in the public psyche, looming large, threatening to return once again with every
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