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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  • Curated news

    Beer Walk for the Arts to return on Saturday | Local News | newspressnow.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    UK Beach Town Creates an Eco-Art Trail Walk With Art Made From Trash Found on The Beach – One Green Planet

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 May, 2022
  • Post

    Open call for sound walk art residency in Catalonia

    Clara Gari
    Geert Vermeire
    Andrew Stuck
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    City Guesser – Can you guess what city you’re in?

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 May, 2022
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    Yu-Wen Wu Asked Google How to Walk From Boston to Taipei. She Spent the Next 10 Years Turning the Directions Into an Incredible Artwork

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 7 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    1,200 walking trees take over central Leeuwarden – DutchNews.nl

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 7 May, 2022
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    One down, 39,136 to go: the explorers who walk every street in their city | Walking | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 May, 2022
  • Post SWS22

    Submit your work for SWS22

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    Region-wide walking festival coming to Oldham in May | The Oldham Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    ‘Chasing Andy Warhol’ commemorates the late artist’s life in New York City

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 May, 2022
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    Soundwalk event encourages NU community to pause, breathe and listen

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    Road Runners – Art Photography Awards 2022 Winner | | Interview by Gregory Eddi Jones | LensCulture

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 May, 2022
  • Post

    We’re on LinkedIn. Join us.

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    Man from Ratnagiri starts 1800 km inter-state walk

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    Hidden Belgium: Barefoot walking

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 May, 2022
  • Curated news

    2022 Walks – T100 Festival

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Apr, 2022
  • Post

    Artist-in-Residence at Canaveral National Seashore – Atlantic Center for the Arts

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Apr, 2022
  • Curated news

    Art – Kolkata woman takes lessons from 70-day walk for design – Telegraph India

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Apr, 2022
  • Curated news

    A Walk in Thoreau’s Shoes – The Provincetown Independent

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 24 Apr, 2022
  • Curated news

    Oliver Jeffers shrinks the solar system down to a 10km walking trail

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 24 Apr, 2022