Best photographic reporting from abroad in magazines and books
AWARD YEAR: 1980
AWARD NAME: The Olivier Rebbot Award
AWARD RECIPIENT: Abbas
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Gamma Liaison
AWARD HONORED WORK: coverage of Iran
AWARD SPONSOR: Newsweek
In his book “The Confiscated Revolution,” published in France last year, and in the special newsmagazine “Free,” published by American Photographer Magazine, Iranian photographer Abbas graphically chronicled the course of the revolution, from the time of the Shah, through the days of conflict, and the year of the Islamic Republic. Educated in Algeria, France and England, Abbas over the years covered news in Vietnam, India, Pakistan, the Middle East, Northern Ireland and South Africa. When Iran expelled Western journalists and threatened Iranians whose work appeared in the western media with prison or worse, Abbas continued covering Teheran, even maintaining a residence there until recently. His home is in Paris, where he is affiliated with the Gamma picture agency.
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Judges: Sean Callahan, Arnold Drapkin, John Durniok, Barrett Gallagher, John Morris, Arthur Rothstein and Charles Rotkin.