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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  • Post

    Help us help you; become a supporting member

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Aug, 2021
  • Curated news

    Sydney’s new harbourside walk named Yananurala invites you to walk, think, listen and hear on Gadigal Country

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Aug, 2021
  • Curated news

    I walked from Land’s End to John o’Groats – and learned three soothing lessons | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Aug, 2021
  • Curated news

    A new app and sailing quilts trigger August’s regional art scene – Sentinel and Enterprise

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Aug, 2021
  • Curated news

    Trinity Rep veterans stage walking tours of Providence neighborhoods

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Aug, 2021
  • Post

    We’re hosting a two-day information-design course, so sign up now

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Aug, 2021
  • Curated news

    Why the art of place-making can lift our cities | World Economic Forum

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Aug, 2021
  • Post SWS21

    Introducing Sound Walk City · prelude

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 29 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Little Amal, a puppet, is walking 8,000 kilometres, from Turkey to the UK in search of her mother – The Hindu

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Take a free interactive soundwalk through Lower Manhattan with Arts Brookfield’s ‘Current’ | amNewYork

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    London’s Best Walking Tours: Black History Walks | Londonist

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    New Āgenskalns walking guide available / Article

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Free art installation “Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK” in West Fairmount Park features Philly Orchestra – 6abc Philadelphia

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Jul, 2021
  • Dérive app

    Introducing ‘walking scores’

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    I will walk 500 miles … on an art trail along the Suffolk and Essex coasts | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Public art project draws attention to growing number of pedestrian deaths | localmemphis.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Ex-Army Man Shares Journey Walking Across America After Becoming Homeless

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Jul, 2021
  • Dérive app

    New deck: Everyday Adventures

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 1 Jul, 2021
  • Dérive app

    Our biggest update ever

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 1 Jul, 2021
  • Curated news

    Walk With Frank | Film Threat

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 1 Jul, 2021