Alfred Yaghobzadeh

Alfred Yaghobzadeh (in Persian: آلفرد يعقوب زاده), is an Iranian Photographer of Armenian descent noted for his war photography.

Yaghobzadeh was born in Tehran, to a Christian family with an Armenian father and Assyrian mother. His photographs in Iran during the turmoil of 1979 and during the Iran-Iraq war led to his work for the (Associated Press), Gamma, and Sygma news agancies. Since 1983 Yaghobzadeh has photographed for the Sipa Press. and his photos have also appeared in "Time, Newsweek, Stern, Paris Match, El Pais" and "Geo."

Yaghobzadeh has covered armed conflicts and wars in Cuba, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Somalia, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Lebanese Civil War. In Lebanon, he was wounded and taken hostage, and in Chechnya he was wounded by a tank shell.

In 2006, Yaghobzadeh and French journalist Caroline Laurent were kidnapped by a Palestinian faction while they were working in Gaza on a story about the lives of Palestinian women for the French magazine "Elle." [cite news |first= Daryl|last= Lang|title= Update: Kidnapped Photographer Alfred Yaghobzadeh Released in Gaza|url= http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002158444|work= |publisher= Photo District News|date= 2006-03-14|accessdate=2006-12-26 ]

Yaghobzadeh has also explored the release of repressed Christianity in Eastern Europe following the collapse of Communism. Published as "Christianity around the World", Yaghobzadeh documented religious rites and rituals in 24 countries over the course of a decade.

Yaghobzadeh has published three photo books: "War Iran-Iraq", "Faces of War" and "Promised Peace". He has also won awards from the World Press Photo and the American Overseas Press Club.

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External links

* [http://www.alfredyaghobzadeh.com/ Yaghobzadeh's site]
* [http://www.sipa.com/_customer/_externe/detail.pgi?LG=en&PA=0&CH=43905&ID=32 Yaghobzadeh at Sipa Press]