Babak Fakhamzadeh

Babak Fakhamzadeh

Co-founder of walk · listen · create
(Netherlands / Iran / Brazil)

Founder Marŝarto23 shortlisted Online Jury 2022 Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024 SWS Grand Jury 2023 SWS23 shortlisted
Babak was working in ICT4D before it had a name (2001), and never really left it. Now, he can help you to get lost.

Babak brought photomarathons to Africa (2007) and won the Highway Africa new media award (2007).
He is the only three-time winner of the UN World Summit Awards; in 2012, 2017, and 2021.
In 2016, together with Agência Pública, he won, and was a runner up for, the Prêmio Jornalístico Vladimir Herzog de Anistia e Direitos Humanos. In 2017, he cooperated on work which was nominated for the Gabriel García Márquez award, and the Prêmio Petrobras de Jornalismo.

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    A walk in the Brazilian Northeast

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Sep, 2023
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    Walking in the Footsteps of Van Gogh – Splash Magazines

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen presents Art Amid the Ruins | Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Newsroom

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    StoryFest 2023 invites Singaporeans to walk and talk in the Civic District

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    Introducing The Simplest Walking Robot | Discover Magazine

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    Walking to Nowhere: French artist breaks out of a slump with two epic trips

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    New app offers ‘soundwalk’ around Derry Walls – Belfast Live

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Sep, 2023
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    Online Jury 2023 Online Jury 2024
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    Aug 31 | Sculpture + Architecture Walking Tour: Cyrus Dallin & Arlington Center | Arlington, MA Patch

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 27 Aug, 2023
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    Wichita man creates walking sticks, leaves them at parks for free

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Aug, 2023
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    Circles in the Sand, a walkable art experience, completes ninth season – OPB

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Aug, 2023
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    Young people more likely to fall while texting and walking | NationalWorld

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Aug, 2023
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    The multiple deaths of the travel guidebook

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Aug, 2023
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    Johnnie Walker launches ‘Keep Walking Lagos’ bottle designed by Ehikhamenor | Pulse Nigeria

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Aug, 2023
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    Reclaiming the lost art of walking pilgrimage in England and Wales – Catholic Bishops’ Conference

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Aug, 2023
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    Walking with the ‘tree man’

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Aug, 2023
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  • walk · listen · café SWS22 SWS23

    SWS Winners’ circle

    Tony Onuchukwu
    Eleanor Rycroft
    Jo Scott
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2023-09-05 18:00
  • walk · listen · café SWS22 SWS23

    SWS Winners’ circle

    Tony Onuchukwu
    Eleanor Rycroft
    Jo Scott
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2023-09-05 18:00
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  • Walking Event

    Walking detectives meet up

    Andrew Stuck
    · 2023-08-28 20:00
  • Walking Event

    BOOK READING: Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · ISHKAR · 2023-08-15 17:30