Barat Ali Batoor
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| Born | Barat Ali 29 May Quetta |
| Other names | Batoor |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | www |
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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]
Early life and photography
[edit]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
[edit]- June to October 2024: "Searching For Sanctuary: A Journey of Survival " - State Library Victoria, Melbourne; presented as part of the RISING: festival.[7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Barat Ali Batoor
- ^ https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ 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) - ^ "Walkley Winner Barat Ali Batoor 2013". Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ "Batoor's Story wins at Walkleys". News. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
