PHOTOGRAPHER

Abbas

1944 - 2018

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Abbas Attar (Persian: عباس; full name: عباس عطار 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas is the 80th most popular photographer (down from 59th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 296th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Abbas ranks 80 out of 148. Before him are Marc Riboud, Werner Bischof, William P. Gottlieb, Lennart Nilsson, Berry Berenson, and Ansel Adams. After him are Heinrich Zille, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Boris Mikhailov, Willy Puchner, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Kishin Shinoyama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Abbas ranks 411. Before him are Gallego, Louise Lake-Tack, William Christie, Ulli Lommel, Abaz Arslanagić, and Mario Bertini. After him are Sharmila Tagore, Ali Benflis, Kićo Slabinac, Daniel Duval, Nicky Hopkins, and Harun Farocki. Among people deceased in 2018, Abbas ranks 251. Before him are Shehu Shagari, Bradford Dillman, Nikolai Karachentsov, Arie den Hartog, Mohammed Karim Lamrani, and Lisbeth Palme. After him are Apisai Ielemia, Ferenc Kósa, Anna Maria Ferrero, Leonid Kadeniuk, André Lerond, and Claudio Scimone.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abbas ranks 332 out of 631. Before him are Ivan Galamian (1903), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910), and Mahmoud Taleghani (1911). After him are Kamal-ol-molk (1848), Esmat Dowlatshahi (1904), Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), and Simin Behbahani (1927).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Iran

Among photographers born in Iran, Abbas ranks 1. 

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    Abbas

    1944 - 2018

    HPI: 58.14

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