{"id":118324,"date":"2018-04-26T15:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=118324"},"modified":"2018-04-26T15:14:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T14:14:57","slug":"magnum-photographer-abbas-dies-aged-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/magnum-photographer-abbas-dies-aged-74\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnum photographer Abbas dies, aged 74"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Known particularly for his coverage of conflict and religion, Magnum photographer Abbas has died in Paris at the age of 74.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many conflicts he photographed were wars and revolution in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba and South Africa during apartheid.<\/p>\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_118328&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 618px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-118328\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PAR189358-598x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"400\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">HAITI. Seau d&#8217;Eau. 2000. Pilgrims from all over the country as well as the diaspora come to this sacred waterfall to take a luck bath. With medicinal herbs and perfumes, they ask their Voodoo loas (personal or family spirits) to fortify them. They discard their old underclothes.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=&quot;attachment_118327&quot;  class=\"c-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 291px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-118327\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/PAR32540-271x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"400\" \/>\t\t\t<p class=\"c-caption__text\">SOUTH VIETNAM. 1973. Photographer ABBAS wears helmet and flack-jacket while covering the war.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<p>He also maintained an interest in religion, often documenting its relationship with society, as well as photographing every day life in Mexico. \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/p>\n<p>Abbas was born in Iran in 1944, but later relocated to Paris. He first joined Magnum in 1981, having previously been a member of Sipa (1971-3) and Gamma (1974-80). He became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his time photographing the Vietnam War, Abbas said in 2017 \u201cAs a boy I had a heroic image of the journalist: you travelled, you went to war, you covered historic events.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>This is history<\/h2>\n<p>After photographing the revolution in Iran between 1978 and 1980, Abbas returned to Iran in 1997 after a seventeen-year period of voluntary exile. His book Iran Diary 1971-2002 documents Iranian history, photographed and written as a private journal. Calling himself a \u201chistorian of the present,\u201d anybody that tried to prevent his photography was met with \u201cThis is for history,\u201d in Farsi.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable projects include travelling the world between 2008 and 2010 to document Buddhism, with a similar project covering Hinduism in 2013. His book Gods I\u2019ve Seen is the culmination of this work, and was published in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Right up until his death, Abbas was continuing to explore religion, with a focus on Judaism around the world.<\/p>\n<p>You can see a selection of images from the extensive Abbas archive on the <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.magnumphotos.com\/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&amp;ALID=2K1HRGK7RNEK\">Magnum website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known particularly for his coverage of conflict and religion, Magnum photographer Abbas has died in Paris at the age of 74. Among the many conflicts he photographed were wars and revolution in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba and South Africa during apartheid. 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