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

    Meet the Woman Who Trekked a 1,200-Mile Ice Age Trail in the Dead of Winter – Atlas Obscura

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 1 Apr, 2021
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    An art and design walking tour of Venice

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 31 Mar, 2021
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    Art Or Death Wish? ‘The Walk’ Is A True Story Of A Man Who Walked On A Wire Between Twin Towers

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 30 Mar, 2021
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    Opinion: How public art improves street safety

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 30 Mar, 2021
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    Events: Every destination in Arlington could lead to adventure during National Walking Day – Greater Greater Washington

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 30 Mar, 2021
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    The soundwalk apps bringing poetry and history to our lockdown walks, including Echoes and Gesso

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Mar, 2021
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    Secular pilgrims: why ancient trails still pack a spiritual punch | Life and style | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Mar, 2021
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    Open Call: DISPERSAL — The Walking Collective

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 25 Mar, 2021
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    Noise as Material: Hanoi’s Soundscapes Revisited – Urbanist Hanoi

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 25 Mar, 2021
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    Enjoy art al fresco with Parrish museum’s walking tours | Newsday

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Mar, 2021
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    Wondering wanders: our thought-provoking covid walks | Inside Croydon

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Mar, 2021
  • Post SWS21

    Submit your work for Sound Walk September 2021

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Mar, 2021
  • Curated news

    Kent Walking Tour highlights public art downtown | Latest Updates | kentwired.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Mar, 2021
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    Longmont resident walks 97 days, 586 miles and every street in the city – Longmont Times-Call

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Mar, 2021
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    walking pedestrian signals animate shiseido’s tokyo show window installation by LUCENT

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Mar, 2021
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    Kolkata: Where walls breathe art | Indiablooms – First Portal on Digital News Management

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Mar, 2021
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    SPA presents Art Heist: A True Crime Walking Experience in Downtown | 365 Things to Do in Houston

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Mar, 2021
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    The Art of Walking | JSTOR Daily

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 14 Mar, 2021
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    Five of north London’s most scenic walking routes | National Geographic

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Mar, 2021
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    Walking Time – ArtEZ Platform for Research Interventions of the Arts

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Mar, 2021