Reza Deghati Explained

Reza Deghati
Birth Date:26 July 1952
Birth Place:Tabriz, Iran
Nationality:French—Iranian
Occupation:Photojournalist
Signature:Signature of Reza Deghati.png

Reza Deghati (Persian: رضا دقتی; born July 26, 1952)[1] is an Iranian-French photojournalist.

Early life

Reza was born in Tabriz, Iran. He has worked internationally for National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic Television has produced several films about Reza's work, most notably Frontline Diaries, which won an Emmy Award in 2002. In 2003, Reza served as Creative Director for National Geographic's most viewed documentary, Inside Mecca.[1] [2] As part of its Exceptional Journeys series, National Geographic released a documentary[3] looking at Reza's career as a photojournalist, with special features highlighting his extensive humanitarian work.

A visual witness

Reza's career began with studies in architecture. Following his passion for photography, he became an International award-winning photographer. He took his first photograph at 14, and at 16 he published a high school magazine called Parvaz.He clandestinely displayed his photographs on the University of Tehran grids. For his artistic activism, he was arrested at 22, jailed for three years, and tortured for five months. In 1979, he left architecture to become a photojournalist. He covered the Iranian Revolution [4] for the Sipa Press agency and Newsweek magazine. He was finally forced into exile in 1981 for his photographs published in the international press.Then he decided to move to Paris, France.For nearly four decades, Reza has covered a large part of the globe for international media (Time Magazine, Stern, Newsweek, El País, Paris Match and Geo...), notably for National Geographic [5] His assignments have taken him to over a hundred countries. His photographs are testimony to the chaos of War,[6] its ravages and the helplessness of human beings caught in the storm. They also tell the world's cultures, traditions, history, and, most of all, Reza's infallible hope for a better world.Year, 1991 marks the beginning of a long and close collaboration with National Geographic magazine, for which he carries out many subjects. His photographs were the subject of 25 covers of the magazine.The following year, Reza co-founded in Paris, with his wife Rachel Deghati,[7] a writer, a studio around the image and words, the agency Webistan Photo Agency.[8] Reza is quickly convinced that there are as many ways to tell a story as media, press publications, web-documentaries, exhibitions, installations in the public space, documentaries made by him or on his work, books and conferences are all complementary means of talking about a subject he is witnessing. Since its creation, its agency has helped to implement its different projects.

Commitment

Since 1983 Reza has been a volunteer committed to training in the language of the image, of the population from conflict-ridden societies to help them strive for a better world. In 1990, he interrupted his career as a photojournalist and became a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan [9] for nine months in a program of reconstruction and assistance to the population in the Northern provinces of the country.He took his cameras to start working for National Geographic Magazine but pursued actions undertaken voluntarily.In 1996 in Rwanda, he worked alongside UNICEF and the ICRC to continue a photo tracing operation initiated by these two organizations allowing parents to find their children lost during the mass exodus from Rwanda to refugee camps. From the Democratic Republic of Congo, 12,000 children's portraits were posted in IDP camps.In 1998, Reza got involved in school construction for refugee children in Baku, Azerbaijan.In 1991, Reza served as a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan, helping to distribute food to populations in war-torn parts of the country. In 2001, he founded Aina (Persian for The Mirror), an international new generation non-profit organization that opened a first center in Kabul, Afghanistan—dedicated to educating and empowering dedicated to educating and empowering Afghan women and children through the media. By providing educational opportunities in the field of communications and multimedia. Aina aimed to equip Afghans with the skills to build a self-sufficient, democratic, and unified country. For his work on such humanitarian causes and because of his work with Aina in Afghanistan, National Geographic awarded him the title of National Geographic Fellow[10] in 2006. In 2009, after training 1,000 Afghans, including the 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner Massoud Hossaini[11] the association became completely independent and Afghan led.

Reza has continued to conduct workshops to youths around the world (Italian and French suburbs, refugee camps in Iraqi Kurdistan, favelas in Buenos Aires, center for displaced youth in Bamako etc.). By founding the non-profit organization Reza Visual Academy,[12] [13] which seeks to form young people between 11 and 20 years in the language of the image through the photographic tool. Passive victims, become visual witnesses and, therefore actors in their destiny.His humanitarian work and photojournalism have been recognized by international institutions and universities, including George Washington University, Stanford University, Beijing University, and the Sorbonne in Paris.

He spends much of his time as a lecturer, trainer, and visiting professor, giving presentations and running workshops on global issues. His humanitarian work and photojournalism have been recognized by international institutions and universities, including George Washington University, Stanford University, Beijing University and the Sorbonne in Paris. He also participated in documentary projects for the French photography website 24h.com.Reza's photographs have been exhibited throughout the world. War+Peace (2009), an exhibit featuring thirty years worth of Reza's photojournalistic adventures, was held at the Caen Memorial (Peace Museum) in Normandy, France. One World, One Tribe (2006), was the National Geographic Museum's first outdoor exhibition in Washington D.C., and Reza's landmark exhibition in Paris,[14] drew a million visitors.

Over the last three decades, Reza's photographs have been on the covers of National Geographic Magazine, with more featured in international publications. He is also the author of seventeen books, including War+Peace, the first in a series entitled Masters of Photography by National Geographic, and most recently, Sindhbad, Reza's adaptation of the seven journeys of this mystical character from the classic tale, A Thousand and One Nights. A Childhood Promise[15] is the story of discovery, narrated by three people, about a promise made by Reza to his son, Delazad.In 1996, Reza won the Hope Prize for contributing to a joint project with UNICEF in Rwanda entitled Lost Children's Portraits. In 2005, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, France's highest civilian honor, for his philanthropic work in children's education and women's empowerment in the empowerment of women in the media. In 2006, Spain's Crown Prince Felipe presented him with the Prince of Asturias Humanitarian Medal on behalf of National Geographic. The same year, Reza received the Honor Medal[16] from the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Journalism “in recognition of his lifelong contributions, through photojournalism, to justice and dignity for the world’s citizens." He also received an award recognizing his humanitarian work from the University of Chicago.In 2008, Reza became a senior fellow of the Ashoka Foundation, and in May 2009, he received the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the American University of Paris (AUP) for his achievements in journalism and humanitarianism. In October 2009, he received the Lucie Award[17] for Achievement in Documentary from the New York-based Lucie Foundation and in May 2010, in New York, the Infinity Award of ICP (International Center of Photography) honored Reza for his latest report on Afghanistan; “Once upon a time, the Russian Empire”, in Photojournalism category.

Exhibitions

Reza's photographs [18] have been exhibited in major cities throughout the world.From monumental installations in the public space to more modest local exhibitions, Reza strives to make photography accessible to all.In 1998, he installed, for the first time in public space, at the Carrousel du Louvre, an exhibition Mémoires d'exil. This begins a long series of original installations outside museums, allowing everyone to meet visual art and information. Thus, to cite only these, Destins Croisés, on the grids of the Jardin du Luxembourg [19] in Paris in 2003, One World, One Tribe, first exhibition of the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC in 2006, War + Peace, exposed in 2009 at the Caen Memorial in Normandy and in 2011 on the banks of the Garonne in Toulouse.[20] There are nearly 450 photographic exhibitions in France and abroad, including major installations on the Corniche in Doha (Qatar),[21] in the major cities of Corsica, at Kew Gardens in London, at the UN headquarters in New York City, Parliament in Brussels, as well as UNESCO, the Petit Palais museum and the banks of the Seine in Paris. In 2013, Reza has designed, the first 370-meter giant mural along the banks of the Seine facing the Musée d'Orsay,[22] dedicated to Coffee Workers [23] [24] around the world.In 2015, he reiterated the same major installation entitled Dream of Humanity. It presents his photographic work on refugees around the world as well as the photographs taken by young Syrian refugees[25] in a camp in Iraqi Kurdistan who have followed since the end of 2013 the photography training of her association Reza Workshops. In 2018, he exhibited his work Face to Face in China.

Bibliography

Awards and distinctions

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Geographic biography . . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626164217/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/r/photographer-reza/ . dead .
  2. Web site: Inside Mecca on The Internet Movie Database . . 2018-07-21 . 2017-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170217065245/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427389/ . live .
  3. Web site: Shooting Back . . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014254/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01PhuYisHRI&t=40s . live .
  4. Web site: Witness of the Iranian Revolution . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141726/http://niemanreports.org/articles/a-visual-witness-to-irans-revolution/ . live .
  5. Web site: Reza at National Geographic . . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626164217/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/r/photographer-reza/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Reza on Saatchi art Platform . 2018-06-27 . 2016-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160723095522/http://www.saatchiart.com/Reza2 . live .
  7. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-deghati-79487b27 Rachel Deghati Linkedin
  8. Web site: Webistan Photo Agency . 2010-06-25 . 2008-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080904031341/http://www.webistan.com/ . live .
  9. Web site: Reza a UN contributor in Afghanistan . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141841/https://www.kosmosjournal.org/contributor/reza-deghati/ . live .
  10. Web site: Reza a National Geographic Fellow . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143512/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/5E5A7690/reza-deghati . dead .
  11. Web site: Massoud Hossaini 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner . 2018-06-08 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014230/https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/massoud-hossaini . live .
  12. Web site: Reza Visual Academy . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173045/https://maptia.com/reza/stories/exile-voices . live .
  13. Web site: Reza Visual Academy . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627121230/http://ivoh.org/a-photographer-empowers-refugee-children-to-become-witnesses-of-their-own-history . live .
  14. Web site: Reza Exhibition at the French Senate . 2018-06-27 . 2016-03-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160310093613/http://www.senat.fr/evenement/reza/president_senat.html . live .
  15. Web site: A Childhood Promise on National Geographic Channel . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144334/http://natgeotv.com/asia/a-childhood-promise/about . dead .
  16. Web site: Reza receiving the Missouri Honor Medal . 27 September 2006 . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014201/https://journalism.missouri.edu/2006/09/eight-journalism-leaders-to-receive-preeminent-journalism-award/ . live .
  17. Web site: Lucie Award . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627145018/http://www.lucies.org/2009-lucie-awards/ . live .
  18. Web site: Reza on Social Documentary Network . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140832/https://socialdocumentary.net/photographer/REZA . live .
  19. Web site: Reza at the Jardins du Luxembourg . 2018-06-08 . 2017-10-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171027100950/http://www.senat.fr/evenement/reza/index.html . live .
  20. Web site: Reza in Toulouse . 2018-06-08 . 2017-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170725000553/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2012/09/10/1436159-reza-expose-sur-les-quais-de-la-garonne.html . live .
  21. Web site: Reza in Doha . 10 December 2012 . 2018-06-08 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014159/https://www.gulf-times.com/story/335038/Hope-Exhibition-is-extended-until-Dec-18 . live .
  22. Web site: Soul of Coffee . . 2018-06-08 . 2020-03-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200330224518/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2kv8iQ3yvk&gl=US&hl=en . live .
  23. Web site: Soul of Coffee on the Telegraph . 11 July 2013 . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180616223609/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/earth/10173809/Soul-of-Coffee-exhibition.html . live .
  24. Web site: Soul of Coffee Exhibition . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180626164225/http://webistan.com/reza_360_exhibitions/chants_cafe_paris_quais_seine/files/reza_quais-en.html . live .
  25. News: Work of young Syrian refugees through Reza Visual Academy on the NY Times . The New York Times . 10 September 2015 . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613003014/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/arts/international/photo-exhibition-puts-syrian-refugees-on-the-seine.html . live . Peltier . Elian .
  26. Web site: Dirck Halstead. Reza's One World, One Tribe. THE DIGITAL JOURNALIST. 19 May 2018. January 2007. 17 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180217044341/http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0701/oneworld.html. live.
  27. Web site: WISE Presents HOPE: A Retrospective by Reza. https://web.archive.org/web/20130314092659/http://www.wise-qatar.org/content/wise-hope-exhibition-retrospective-reza-doha. dead. 14 March 2013. Qatar Foundation, the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). 19 May 2018. 8 November 2012.
  28. Web site: Celine Schmitt, Zeinab Abouquir and Fadma Moumtaz. Reza's "A Dream of humanity" opens on the banks of the Seine in Paris. UNHCR. 19 May 2018. English. 5 August 2015. 12 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141101/http://www.unhcr.org/news/stories/2015/8/55c1ed7b6/rezas-dream-humanity-opens-banks-seine-paris.html. live.
  29. Web site: Chants de café . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141047/https://livre.fnac.com/a5954489/Reza-Les-chants-de-cafe . live .
  30. Web site: L'élégance du feu . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627144632/https://www.sortiraparis.com/arts-culture/exposition/articles/77859-l-elegance-du-feu-l-expo-de-reza-au-petit-palais . live .
  31. Web site: Le Massacre des Innocents . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140750/http://www.visions.az/en/news/629/6d350ff9/ . live .
  32. Web site: Kurdistan, Renaissance . 2018-06-27 . 2018-06-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173048/https://maptia.com/kurdistanrenaissance/home . live .
  33. Web site: Hoëbeke/Gallimard Editions . 2019-11-06 . 2019-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191106133506/http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/HOEBEKE/Photographie/Iran-reves-et-derives . live .
  34. Web site: Reza World Press Photo Second Prize . 2018-06-27 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014202/https://www.worldpressphoto.org/person/detail/2303/reza . live .
  35. Web site: Reza UNICEF Hope Prize Winner . 2018-06-08 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141841/https://www.kosmosjournal.org/contributor/reza-deghati/ . live .
  36. Web site: Reza receiving the National Order of merit in France . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014235/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000000264951 . live .
  37. Web site: Reza receiving the Prince of Asturias Price . 2018-06-27 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014205/https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2006-national-geographic-society.html?especifica=0&idCategoria=0&anio=2006&especifica=0 . live .
  38. Web site: Reza Missouri Honor Medal of best journalist . 27 September 2006 . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014200/https://journalism.missouri.edu/2006/09/eight-journalism-leaders-to-receive-preeminent-journalism-award/ . live .
  39. Web site: Reza Senior fellow of the Ashoka Foundation . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014202/https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/reza-deghati . live .
  40. Web site: Doctor Honoris Causa from the American University of Paris . . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014219/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JaO9EvtDO4 . live .
  41. Web site: Lucie Award for Achievement in Documentary . 2018-06-26 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014240/https://www.lucies.org/honorees/reza/ . live .
  42. Web site: ICP Infinity Award . 23 February 2016 . 2018-06-27 . 2021-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210308014240/https://www.icp.org/infinity-awards/reza-deghati . live .
  43. http://www.hipa.ae/en/l2014-2015/the-power-of-photography-for-humanity 2013 Photography Appreciation Award
  44. Web site: 2013 National Geographic Society Explorer . 2018-06-26 . 2018-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143512/https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/5E5A7690/reza-deghati . dead .
  45. https://president.az/az/articles/view/56741 Reza Deqatinin “Dostluq” ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı

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