Barat Ali Batoor Explained
| Barat Ali Batoor |
| Nickname: | Batoor |
| Birthname: | Barat Ali |
| Birth Place: | Quetta |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Years Active: | 2002–present |
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Barat Ali Batoor (Persian: برات علی باتور) is a professional freelancer photographer from Afghanistan. He started his professional career in 2002,[1] and is a double Walkley-Award-winning photojournalist and reporter.[2]
Early life and photography
Barat Ali Batoor was born in 1983, to a family Hazara in Afghanistan.
After publishing a piece in the Washington Post exposing the trade of underage prostitution in his homeland of Afghanistan, Batoor became the target of death threats and was forced to flee his country.[3]
He took part in the documentary photography project funded by the Open Society Institute.[4] A photograph titled 'The First Day at Sea' he took of a boat journey to Australia won the prestigious 2013 Nikon-Walkley Photo of the Year.[5] [6]
Exhibitions
See also
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.batoor.com/bio.html Barat Ali Batoor
- https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- Web site: msk, March 12, 2012 . Come out of the shade. The photographers from Central Asia and Southern Caucasus are invited to participate in "Documentary photography" – Ferghana Information agency, Moscow . Enews.fergananews.com . December 3, 2010 . March 12, 2012.
- Web site: Walkley Winner Barat Ali Batoor 2013. May 23, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180524004301/http://www.walkleys.com/walkleys-winners/barat-ali-batoor/. May 24, 2018. dead.
- News: Batoor's Story wins at Walkleys. News. May 23, 2018. en.
- https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
