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Alfred Yaghobzadeh

Ukraine Revolution 2014 Color
About Alfred Yaghobzadeh

Alfred Yaghobzadeh was born in Teheran, Iran, to an Armenian father and Assyrian mother.
In 1979 the Iranian Revolution interrupted his studies in interior design and he turned instead to photographing the turbulent streets of Teheran. Aged nineteen, he reported the devastation of the Iran-Iraq war and this formative experience set the agenda for the subsequent course of his career, both in the choice of subjects covered as well as the agencies that represented his work. He began with Associated Press, followed by the Paris-based agencies, Gamma and Sygma. He spent two years in Lebanon for Newsweek during the civil war before finally joining Sipa Press where he remained for twenty-three years.
His work has received the World Press Photo first prize, first place in The American Overseas Press Club and the NPPA Best of Photojournalism. Alfred also won the first prize in the International Festival of Journalism and Scoop in Angers, and the Fuji Europe Awards. He has served as a member of

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