Newsha Tavakolian

Quick Facts

Full Name	Newsha Tavakolian
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1981(1981-10-13)
Age	43
Birthplace	Tehran
Country	Iran
Birth City	Tehran Province
Horoscope	Libra

Newsha Tavakolian Biography

Newsha Tavakolian is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on October 13, 1981 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. International coverage of the war in Iraq began by a photographer. She was the fifth recipient of the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award 2014, and the principal laureate for the Prince Claus Award 2015. Her newshatavakolian Instagram account has more than 130,000 followers.

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Newsha Tavakolian (Persian: نیوشا توکلیان ‎) (born 1981) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for Time magazine, The New York Times, Le Figaro, and National Geographic. She is particularly known for focusing on women’s issues in her work, and has been a member of the Rawiya women’s photography collective which she co-established in 2011. Tavakolian is a full member of Magnum Photos.

Born and brought up in Tehran, at age 16, Tavakolian took a six-month photography course, after which she began working as a professional photographer in the Iranian press. She started at the women’s daily newspaper Zan, and later worked for other nine reformist dailies, all of which have since been banned. She covered the July 1999 student uprising, using her Minolta with a 50mm lens, and her photographs were published in several publications. However she was forced to go on hiatus from her photojournalist work following the “chaos” of Iran’s presidential election in 2009. During this time, she began other projects focusing on art using photography as well as social documentary. Tavakolian’s photographs became more artistic and involved social commentary.

In October 2016, her grandmother died.

Newsha Tavakolian Net Worth

Newsha Tavakolian is one of the richest Photographer from Iran. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Newsha Tavakolian 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the age of 16 she began her career in Iran’s press, at Zan, the daily newspaper for women.

Her work was featured at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the British Museum.

Newsha Tavakolian has had several controversial projects in the Islamic world. Her project “Listen” focuses on women singers who are not allowed to perform solo or produce their own CDs due to Islamic regulations in effect since the 1979 revolution. In addition to creating potential CD covers for female Muslim singers, Tavakolian includes portraits of the female singers, with eyes closed, mouths open, and passion on their faces. These women were so terrified of being photographed, Tavakolian spent almost a year convincing them to participate in the photo shoot. The women in the photographs are all professional singers who have stifled careers. According to the Islamic tenet, women are not allowed to sing to men. To make a living, these women can only sing at all-female parties, sing background vocals, or perform outside of Iran. Thus, her work can be considered highly controversial to Muslim societies, in addition to countries that champion Islam.

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Who is Newsha Tavakolian Dating?

According to our records, Newsha Tavakolian married to Thomas Erdbrink. As of December 1, 2023, Newsha Tavakolian’s is not dating anyone.

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In June 2016, the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore censored 33 of Tavakolian’s photographs planned for her I Know Why the Rebel Sings exhibition, as part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts pre- festival The O.P.E.N. programme, at the last minute. 15 of these photographs, picturing female rebels fighting against ISIS, were presented at the show, limited to those above 16 years old, blacked out. Festival director Ong Keng Sen issued a statement condemning MDA’s move and lack of explanation and pointing out that the photographs were already published in the readily accessible Time magazine, both online and off. “And so we are living with a new terror where we don’t know, it is out of our control,” he said at the exhibition’s launch.

Facts & Trivia

Newsha Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Newsha Tavakolian celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.