Barat Ali Batoor

Barat Ali Batoor (Persian: برات علی باتور) is a professional freelancer photographer from Afghanistan. He started his professional career in 2002,[1] and is a double Walkley-Award-winning photojournalist and reporter.[2]

Barat Ali Batoor
Born
Barat Ali

29 May (2024-05-29)
Quetta
Other namesBatoor
OccupationPhotographer
Years active2002–present
Websitewww.batoor.com/bio.html

Early life and photography

Barat Ali Batoor was born in 1983, to a family Hazara in Afghanistan.

After publishing a piece in the Washington Post exposing the trade of underage prostitution in his homeland of Afghanistan, Batoor became the target of death threats and was forced to flee his country.[3]

He took part in the documentary photography project funded by the Open Society Institute.[4] A photograph titled 'The First Day at Sea' he took of a boat journey to Australia won the prestigious 2013 Nikon-Walkley Photo of the Year.[5][6]

Exhibitions

See also

References

  1. Barat Ali Batoor
  2. https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  3. https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  4. msk, March 12, 2012 (December 3, 2010). "Come out of the shade. The photographers from Central Asia and Southern Caucasus are invited to participate in "Documentary photography" – Ferghana Information agency, Moscow". Enews.fergananews.com. Retrieved March 12, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Walkley Winner Barat Ali Batoor 2013". Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  6. "Batoor's Story wins at Walkleys". News. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  7. https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  8. https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
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