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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  • Audio about walking

    Walks Around Britain / Favourite walks with Cumbrian Rambler Beth Pipe and TV travel presenter Alex Outhwaite

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Apr, 2021
  • Audio about walking

    The Climate – Culbin Forest & Sands by Walking Through Landscape | Free Listening on SoundCloud

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    10 great British walking trails where you won’t see another soul | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    The best arts walks and sculpture trails to visit

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Big Dog’s Backyard Ultra: The toughest, weirdest race you’ve never heard of – BBC Sport

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Issue 10 — Livingmaps Network

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 22 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    500 mile Beach of Dreams art walk to pass through Harwich | Harwich and Manningtree Standard

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 21 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Personal transformation: ‘The Listening Path’ offers the opportunity to explore a different dimension of creativity » Albuquerque Journal

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Sounds of Otley to be captured in art installation | Wharfedale Observer

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Melbourne CBD central character in new playable, public art experience? | Mirage News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Open Call for the creation of a Sound Walk in Wales, at 14000 euros

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 14 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Scientists Translated Spiderwebs Into Music, And It’s Beyond Stunning

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 14 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    “Fevers of Curiosity”: Charles Baudelaire and the Convalescent Flâneur – The Public Domain Review

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    The ‘burbing’ phenomenon | Newsroom | Bicycle

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Musician, tattoo artist Alex Brooke: Creating walking murals – Local Spins

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 11 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Why cities emptied by Covid-19 are perfect for modern flâneurs | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 9 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Walking — Downtown On the Go

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Walking Northumberland’s art-studded Kielder Water | The Independent

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Stirchley launches tourist walking tours after being named one of the best places to live in Britain – Birmingham Live

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Apr, 2021
  • Curated news

    Is that a unicorn? No, it’s a teenager taking a hike in the great outdoors… | Life and style | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Apr, 2021