MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHER

NEWSHA TAVAKOLIAN

Biography

• Newsha Tavakolian was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran.
• She's a photojournalist and documentary photographer that has worked for Time Magazine, The New York Times, Le Figaro and National Geographic.
• She started with the photography when she was sixteen.

Her photos:

• These are some of the photos of Newsha.
• Like we can see, she take photos about the daily life or women in the war.
• Almost all her photos are about women's issues and they are sad.

Description of the image

• This is the photo I have chosen.
• In this photo, I can see a young girl sat in an armchair with a birthday cake in front of her.
• Next to the cake, on the table, there's a knife to cut the cake.
• She's in a flat and she looks sad, maybe because anyone hasn't come to her party.
• This photo represents the life of a lot of teenagers. Teenagers only accept those who are like everyone, they don't accept those who have different interests than them.