Fatemeh Behboudi
{{Short description|Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer}}
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| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
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| occupation = Photojournalist
| years_active = 2007
| credits = World Press Photo 2015
Pictures of the Year International 2014
| URL = {{URL|fatemehbehboudi.visura.co}}
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Fatemeh Behboudi ({{langx|fa|فاطمه بهبودی}}; born 1985){{cite web|first1=Fatemeh Behboudi |last1=LensCulture|access-date=2021-10-22|title=Fatemeh Behboudi|url=https://www.lensculture.com/fatemeh-behboudi-2|website=LensCulture}} is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She was awarded a World Press Photo award in 2015,{{Cite web|title=2015 Fatemeh Behboudi CIS-HM-AJ {{!}} World Press Photo|url=https://www.worldpressphoto.org/collection/photo/2015/29523/1/2015-Fatemeh-Behboudi-CIS-HM-AJ|website=www.worldpressphoto.org|access-date=May 4, 2020}} a Pictures of the Year International award in 2014,{{Cite web|title=Poy|url=https://poy.org/71/14/first_12.php|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} and she is a member of Women Photograph.{{Cite web|title=Women Photograph|url=https://www.womenphotograph.com/|website=Women Photograph|language=en-US|access-date=May 4, 2020}} Fatemeh is the first Iranian woman photographer who won the World Press Photo Award 2015. She is best known for her projects "Mothers of Patience",{{Cite web|title=in-iran-mothers-dream-of-missing-sons/|url=https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/in-iran-mothers-dream-of-missing-sons/|last=|first=|date=September 12, 2014|website=Lens blog New York Times|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 4, 2020}} "The War is Still Alive"{{Cite web|title=The war is still alive|url=http://theaftermathproject.org/project/war-still-alive|last=|first=|date=|website=|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Index|url=https://index.hu/nagykep/2019/05/03/war_is_still_alive_-_fatemeh_behboudi/?fbclid=IwAR2QX2LaO_z136BKw-JCAsXRFvooPGk2CQ8gZs5wme43lpd-2SpuNKdhFKM|last=|first=|date=May 3, 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} "Life After shock"{{Cite web|title=Home {{!}} Lumix Festival für jungen Bildjournalismus|url=https://lumix-festival.de/en/home/|website=Lumix Festival für jungen Bildjournalismus|language=en-GB|access-date=May 4, 2020}} and "One Moment".{{Cite web|title=Execution project|url=https://fatemehbehboudi.visura.co/one-moment|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
Early life and career
Behboudi was born in Tehran during the Iran and Iraq war. All her childhood was spent under the influence of war and its damage, which has become her most important concern in photography.{{Cite web|title=index|url=https://index.hu/nagykep/2019/05/03/war_is_still_alive_-_fatemeh_behboudi/?fbclid=IwAR2QX2LaO_z136BKw-JCAsXRFvooPGk2CQ8gZs5wme43lpd-2SpuNKdhFKM|last=|first=|date=May 3, 2019|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Interview DOFOTO|url=http://www.dofoto.sk/en/2017/02/06/interview-with-fatemeh-behboudi/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619120046/http://www.dofoto.sk/en/2017/02/06/interview-with-fatemeh-behboudi/|archive-date=June 19, 2018|access-date=|website=}} Behboudi, after her childhood spent in a region torn apart by war and conflict, asks through her art why victims of the war could never be the same person again or return to any kind of normalcy. This eerie hypothesis, combined with the death of her best friend prompted her to begin photography.{{Cite web|url=https://fotoevidence.com/fotowitness-interview/fatemeh-behboudi-by-susann-tischendorf|title=FotoEvidence | Documenting Social Injustice|access-date=April 10, 2023|archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001120147/https://fotoevidence.com/fotowitness-interview/fatemeh-behboudi-by-susann-tischendorf|url-status=dead}}
Behboudi studied photography in the Art Center of Tehran University (2005–2007) and started her professional photography in 2007. She worked for several Iranian news agencies, such as Islamic Republic News Agency, Fars News Agency, Mehr News Agency, Borna, Isca News, Iqna, Jam-e jam newspaper and Donya-e-Eqtesad newspaper. Her main focus in documentary photography is about the victims of the Iran–Iraq war, culture, religion,{{Cite web|title="I've tried to prove that being a woman doesn't mean weakness": Fatemeh Behboudi on photographing Iran|url=https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/fatemeh-behboudi-mourning-for-hussain-iran-photography-030518|website=www.itsnicethat.com|language=en|access-date=May 4, 2020}} and natural crises in Iran.{{Cite web|title=Mehr News|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/134491/Works-of-Iranian-photographer-to-vie-at-Lumix-photo-festival|last=|first=|date=June 2018|website=|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=IRNA NEWS|url=https://en.irna.ir/news/82932342/Iranian-photographer-to-compete-in-Lumix-photo-festival|last=|first=|date=June 2, 2018|website=IRNA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} In addition to being one of the most vocal photographs in photojournalism and specifically in covering the effects of war on victimized countries, Behboudi is also very passionate about the gender gap in photojournalism. In an interview with Susan Tischendorf, Behboudi stated that "The biggest problems for the female photographers in Iran are gender discrimination in the society and at work, little number of missions, low income, lack of contracts, insurance and appropriate photography opportunities. "Behboudi had a small 'in' to the world of photography, since her father was a photography student as well, but many women do not have the ability to break into the field and thrive.
"Mothers of Patience" is a long-term project that started in 2013 for World Press Photo's Joop Swart Masterclass and continued until 2018. This story is about the Iran-Iraq war and mothers of Iranian soldiers who lost their sons during war and the bodies were never found. Over 10,000 Iranian soldiers were reported missing in action, without a corpse being identified.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/354095|title = Mothers of Patience by Fatemeh Behboudi|date = June 13, 2017}} This story was awarded the World Press Photo 2015 and Pictures of the Year International 2014.
Behboudi's "Mourning for Hossein" project, seen in her "Looking for Freedom" portfolio has also gained much traction as it celebrates a hero of Islamic culture, Hossein the grandson of the great Prophet Mohammed. The images in this project capture the sacred nature of Ashoura Day and the tradition of women covering their faces to mourn for the Martyr, going to 40 places of worship and lighting candles, asking Hossein to be there for them on resurrection day. Behboudi has captured images of this progress to demonstrate the remembrance of a 1337 year old hero who chose to die honorably than to give in to the oppression of Yazid who then ruled over Hossein's people.{{Cite web|url=https://www.millspondgallery.org/fatemeh-behboudi|title = Fatemeh Behboudi}}
In 2014, Behboudi was featured in the Time article "Women in Photography: 34 Voices From Around the World".{{Cite magazine|title=The 34 Female Photographers You Should Follow Right Now|url=https://time.com/4671986/women-photographers/|last=Pollack|first=Katherine Pomerantz, Kira|magazine=Time|language=en-us|access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite magazine|title=7 Pieces of Photography You Must See Today|url=https://time.com/102941/7-must-see-photo-essays-5/|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=May 4, 2020}} In 2017 and 2018 she was featured in LensCulture's "Female Photographers to watch".{{Cite web|last=Lens culture|date=|title=Lens culture|url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-international-women-s-day-2017-30-female-photographers-to-watch|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}{{Cite web|last=Lens culture|date=|title=Lens culture|url=https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-35-photographers-to-watch-celebrating-international-women-s-day-2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} In 2020 Behboudi was selected for the fall semester through the international program of the Danish School of Media and Journalism, Denmark.{{Cite web|last=DMJX|date=|title=DMJX|url=https://photo.dmjx.dk/index.php/2020/06/12/international-students-selected-for-fall-2020-term/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}} In 2020, she was selected for Hundred Heroines' "50 Inspiring Women Photographers".{{Cite web|last=photo.com|url=https://www.all-about-photo.com/photo-articles/photo-article/873/hundred-heroines-adds-50-inspiring-women-photographers|title=Hundred Heroines adds 50 Inspiring Women Photographers|date=December 15, 2020}}{{Cite web|last=tehrantimes.com|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/456308/Iranian-photographers-added-to-global-list-of-Hundred-Heroines|title=Iranian photographers added to global list of Hundred Heroines|date=December 28, 2020}}
War photography
Other photographs
File:Shekoufeh-Safari.jpg|Shekoufeh Safari
File:Khashayar Etemadi 20130423 12.jpg|Khashayar Etemadi
Saeed Changizian 20120421 01.jpg|Saeed Changizian
Mohammad Hassan Ganji 20110425 05.jpg|Mohammad Hassan Ganji
Awards
- Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo, 2013{{Citation|last=Photo|first=World Press|title=Fatemeh Behboudi (2013 Joop Swart Masterclass)|date=December 4, 2013|url=https://vimeo.com/81022109|access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Joob swart master class|url=https://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/news/joop_swart_masterclass_another_quality_year.do|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=April 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Pictures of the Year International (POYi), 2014{{Cite web|title=First Place {{!}} Feature Picture Story – Freelance/Agency|url=https://poy.org/71/14/first_12.php|website=poy.org|access-date=May 4, 2020}}
- World Press Photo award, 2015
- Finalist, Circle of Life contest 12th International Festival of Photojournalism Vilnius Photo Circle 2018, Lithuania{{Cite web|title=» Lietuvos Spaudos Fotografų Klubas|url=http://www.pressphoto.lt/news/5bc8cabc0db45|website=www.pressphoto.lt|access-date=May 4, 2020}}
- Finalist, The 2019 Aftermath Grant, USA{{Cite web|title=War is Still Alive {{!}} The Aftermath Project|url=http://www.theaftermathproject.org/project/war-still-alive|website=www.theaftermathproject.org|access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Fatemeh Behboudi: Finalist in the 2019 Aftermath Grant|url=http://lenscratch.com/2019/01/fatemeh-behboudi-finalist-in-the-2019-aftermath-grant/|date=January 15, 2019|website=LENSCRATCH|language=en-US|access-date=May 4, 2020}}
Exhibitions
- Obscura's "Asian Women Photographers' Showcase", Malaysia, 2014. One of five exhibited.{{Cite web|title=These pictures can talk: Photographers share their stories at OBSCURA Festival 2014 {{!}} Malay Mail|url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2014/08/06/these-pictures-can-talk-photographers-share-their-stories-at-obscura-festiv/721435|last=Mah|first=Kenny|website=www.malaymail.com|date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=May 4, 2020}}{{Cite news|title=Photo Feature: Obscura Festival 2014|url=https://poskod.my/features/photo-feature-obscura-festival/|date=August 20, 2014|website=Poskod Malaysia|access-date=May 4, 2020}}
- Mothers of Patience, solo exhibition, Deitta Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar, 2015{{Cite web|title=Iranian photographer brings images of hope to Deitta Gallery|url=https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/13228-iranian-photographer-brings-images-of-hope-to-deitta-gallery.html|date=February 22, 2015|website=The Myanmar Times|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219143823/https://www.mmtimes.com/lifestyle/13228-iranian-photographer-brings-images-of-hope-to-deitta-gallery.html|url-status=dead}}
- Eyes on Main Street: Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, USA, 2015/16{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}{{Cite web|last=eyes on main street 2016|date=April 6, 2016|title=issuu|url=https://issuu.com/wilsontimes/docs/eyesonmainstreet2016}}
- Documentary Photography Now, group exhibition, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY, USA, 2018{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=March 23, 2018|title=news day|newspaper=Newsday|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/li-arts-1.17624683}}
- Lumix photo Festival for young photojournalism, Germany, 2018{{Cite web|last=Lumix|date=June 19, 2018|title=weser-kurier|url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/region/region-fotos_galerie,-fotojournalismus-der-die-welt-bewegt-_mediagalid,39089.html}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 2, 2018|title=kwerfeldein|url=https://kwerfeldein.de/2018/07/02/nachbetrachtung-lumix-festival/}}
- International Biennial of Female Photography, Italy, 2022{{Cite web |title= Fatemeh Behboudi|date=April 2, 2021 |url=https://www.bffmantova.com/en/fatemeh-behboudi/}}{{Cite web |title= La Biennale delle eredità passate e future|url=https://www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/articoli/la-biennale-delle-eredit-passate-e-future/138555.html}}{{Cite news |title= A marzo la seconda edizione della Biennale Internazionale della Fotografia Femminile - Arte Magazine|newspaper=Arte Magazine - Il Quotidiano di Arte e Cultura |date=January 20, 2022 |url=https://artemagazine.it/2022/01/20/a-marzo-la-seconda-edizione-della-biennale-internazionale-della-fotografia-femminile/}}
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