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What organization did Abbas (photographer) join in 1974?
Abbas ( photographer ) Abbas Attar ( ; full name : ʿAbbās ʿAṭṭār ; 29 March 1944 – 25 April 2018 ) , better known by his mononym Abbas , was an Iranian photographer known for his photojournalism in Biafra , Vietnam and South Africa in the 1970s , and for his extensive essays on religions in later years . He was a member of Sipa Press from 1971 to 1973 , a member of Gamma from 1974 to 1980 , and joined Magnum Photos in 1981 . Career . Attar , an Iranian transplanted to Paris , dedicated his photographic work to the political and social coverage of the developing southern nations . Since 1970 , his major works have been published in world magazines and include wars and revolutions in Biafra , Bangladesh , Ulster , Vietnam , the Middle East , Chile , Cuba , and South Africa with an essay on apartheid . From 1978 to 1980 , he photographed the revolution in Iran , and returned in 1997 after a 17-year voluntary exile . His book iranDiary 1971–2002 ( 2002 ) is a critical interpretation of its history , photographed and written as a personal diary . From 1983 to 1986 , he travelled throughout Mexico , photographing the country as if he were writing a novel . An exhibition and a book , Return to Mexico , journeys beyond the mask ( 1992 ) , which includes his travel diaries , helped him define his aesthetics in photography . From 1987 to 1994 , he photographed the resurgence of Islam from the Xinjiang to Morocco . His book and exhibition Allah O Akbar , a journey through militant Islam ( 1994 ) exposes the internal tensions within Muslim societies , torn between a mythical past and a desire for modernization and democracy . The book drew additional attention after the September 11 attacks in 2001 . When the year 2000 became a landmark in the universal calendar , Christianity was the symbol of the strength of Western civilization . Faces of Christianity , a photographic journey ( 2000 ) and a touring exhibit , explored this religion as a political , a ritual and a spiritual phenomenon . From 2000 to 2002 he worked on Animism . In our world defined by science and technology , the work looked at why irrational rituals make a strong come-back . He abandoned this project on the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks . His book , In Whose Name ? The Islamic World after 9/11 ( 2009 ) , is a seven-year quest within 16 countries : opposed by governments who hunt them mercilessly , the jihadists lose many battles , but are they not winning the war to control the mind of the people , with the creeping islamisation of all Muslim societies ? From 2008 to 2010 Abbas travelled the world of Buddhism , photographing with the same sceptical eye for his book Les Enfants du lotus , voyage chez les bouddhistes ( 2011 ) . In 2011 , he began a similar long-term project on Hinduism which he concluded in 2013 . Before his death , Abbas was working on documenting Judaism around the world . Filming for Abbas by Abbas ( 2020 ) by director Kamy Pakdel ( who also served as art director for some of Abbas books ) was completed days before Abbas death . In the film Abbas is asked how he got a particular shot and he replies “Let the photos live their lives and keep their mystery.” He died in Paris on 25 April 2018 , aged 74 . About his photography Abbas wrote : My photography is a reflection , which comes to life in action and leads to meditation . Spontaneity – the suspended moment – intervenes during action , in the viewfinder . A reflection on the subject precedes it . A meditation on finality follows it , and it is here , during this exalting and fragile moment , that the real photographic writing develops , sequencing the images . For this reason a writers spirit is necessary to this enterprise . Isnt photography writing with light ? But with the difference that while the writer possesses his word , the photographer is himself possessed by his photo , by the limit of the real which he must transcend so as not to become its prisoner . Books . - Iran , la révolution confisquée , Clétrat , Paris , 1980 - Retornos a Oapan , FCE Rio de Luz , Mexico , 1986 - Return to Mexico , W . W . Norton , New York , 1992 - Allah O Akbar , voyages dans l’Islam militant , Phaidon , London , 1994 - Allah O Akbar , a journey through militant Islam , Phaidon , London , 1994 - Viaggio negli Islam del Mondo , Contrasto , Roma , 2002 - Voyage en chrétientés , La Martiniere , Paris , 2000 - Faces of Christianity , A . Abrams , New York , 2000 - Glaube-liebe-hoffnung , Knesebeck , Munchen , 2000 - IranDiary 1971–2002 , Autrement , Paris , 2002 - IranDiario 1971–2005 , Sagiattore , Milano , 2006 - Abbas , I Grandi Fotografi di Magnum , Hachette , Milan , 2005 - Sur la Route des Esprits , Delpire , Paris , 2005 - The children of Abraham , ( exhibition catalogue ) , Intervalles , Paris , 2006 - In Whose Name? , Thames & Hudson , London , 2009 - Ali , le Combat , Sonatines , Paris , 2011 - Les Enfants du lotus , voyage chez les bouddhistes , De la Martinière , Paris , 2011 Exhibitions . - 1972 : Ganvie People , Falomo , Nigeria - 1977 : Retrospective , Galerie Litho , Tehran ; Ce jour là , Galerie FNAC , Paris - 1977 : Le reportage dagence , Rencontres de la Photographie , Arles , France - 1980 : Iran , the revolution , Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art ; Darvazeh Ghar mosque , Tehran ; Fundacao Cultural , Rio de Janeiro - 1982 : Citizen of the Third World , The Photographers Gallery , London ; Open Eye Gallery , Liverpool , G.B . - 1983 : Retrospective , Consejo de Fotogragia , Mexico ; Galerie ARPA , Bordeaux , France , 1983 ; Imagina , Almeria , Espana , 1991 - 1986 : Votez pour Moi , Magnum Gallery , Paris - 1992 : Return to Mexico , Mexico Cultural Center , Paris ; Maison pour Tous , Calais ; Centro Nacional de la Fotografia , Mexico , 1994 - 1999 : Islamies , Place Royale , Brussels ; Islamies , Arab World Institute , Paris , 1999 - 1999 : Christians , Moscow House of Photography , Moscow ; Eberhardskirche , Stuttgart , 1999 ; Centre cultural français , Seoul , Korea , 1999 - 2002 : Iran , the revolution , The Grey Gallery , New York - 2002 : Viaggio negli Islam del mondo , Palazzo Vecchio , Firenze , Italia - 2002 : Visiones de l’Islam , La Caixa , Tarragona , Madrid , Malaga , Orense , Espana - 2002 : IranDiary , Visa pour lImage , Perpignan , France - 2003 : Visiones de l’Islam , La Caixa , Girona , Granada , Pamplona and Palma de Mallorca , Espana - 2004 : Iran , Haus der Kulturen der Welt , Berlin - 2004 : Resurgence of Shias , Visa pour lImage , Perpignan , France - 2004 : Ya Saddam , Noorderlicht , Leeuwarden , Hollande - 2004 : Islams , United Nations , New York - 2005 : Sur la Route des Esprits , La Chambre Claire , Paris - 2006 : The Children of Abraham , Nobel Peace Center , Oslo - 2006 : Islams and Shias , Vicino/Lontano , Udine , Italia - 2007 : The Children of Abraham , Groningen and Amsterdam , Holland ; Institut Français de Fès , Morocco , 2008 - 2008 : Jardin Botanique , Brussels , Belgium - 2009 : In Whose Name? , Magnum Gallery , Paris - 2009 : Visa pour lImage , Perpignan , France - 2009 : Gallerie Polka , Paris - 2011 : Abbas , 45 Years in Photography , National Museum of Singapore - 2014 : Faces of Christianity , Photography Festival , Guernsey