Abbas (photographer)

Abbas Attar (; full name:  ʿAbbās ʿAṭṭār) (29 March 1944 – 25 April 2018) was an Iranian photographer. He was known for his photojournalism in Biafra, Vietnam and  South Africa in the 1970s.  He was a member of Sipa from 1971 to 1973, a member of Gamma from 1974 to 1980, and joined Magnum Photos in 1981.

Abbas died of complications from diabetes in Paris on 25 April 2018 at the age of 74.

 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

References

Category:1944 births
Category:2018 deaths
Category:Iranian photographers
Category:Photojournalists