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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    The art of ‘getting lost’: how re-discovering your city can be an antidote to capitalism

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Feb, 2024
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    They call her the muse of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. She insists she’s a missionary – Newsday

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Feb, 2024
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    5 misconceptions on walking art

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Feb, 2024
  • Post Marŝarto23

    The winners of the Marŝarto23 are…

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    Geert Vermeire
    Andrew Stuck
    Fiona Hesse
    Clara Gari
    Claudia Zeiske
    Blake Morris
    Viv Corringham
    Radhika Subramaniam
    · 13 Feb, 2024
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    Philippe Petit, High Wire Artist, Performs The Ribbon Walk At The Cathedral Of St. John The Divine

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Jan, 2024
  • Post SWS23

    Oh! It’s the winners of SWS23!

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    Andrew Stuck
    Geert Vermeire
    Annie Mahtani
    John Levack Drever
    Kim V. Goldsmith
    Richard White
    · 11 Jan, 2024
  • Post Marŝarto23

    On the inside, looking out

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Jan, 2024
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    Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 7 Jan, 2024
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    60-year-old walks for hours on end to create epic snow art with just his feet – Upworthy

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    Sound Designer Nicolas Becker of Walking in Nature | AnOther

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    Mindfulness Walking: Enhancing Mental Clarity through Walking Meditation – VIVA GLAM MAGAZINE™

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    Twins walk from SC to Philly to raise foster care awareness – NBC10 Philadelphia

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known | Open Culture

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    January 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Colossal

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Jan, 2024
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    Podcast: Nightwalking with Bianca Giaever – Atlas Obscura

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 29 Dec, 2023
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    Walking Leicester’s new Richard III trail – 530 years in the making | Leicester holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Dec, 2023
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    Paddington’s Walking Man and Standing Man

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 Dec, 2023
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    The Ten List: Walk as Art | Glasstire

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Dec, 2023
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    Audiowalk-Award 2024

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Dec, 2023
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    In Motion – Sound and Music

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Dec, 2023