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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    Study reveals world’s most walkable cities | Cities | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Oct, 2020
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    One of the world’s quietest places is an urban park in Taiwan; meet the scientist on a mission to identify and preserve others | South China Morning Post

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Oct, 2020
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    Arts Gowanus ArtWalk Brings 1.5 Miles of Art to Brooklyn Neighborhoods

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Oct, 2020
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    The People Walker: We Tried the Professional Walking Service | PEOPLE.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 11 Oct, 2020
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    “The Art of Sauntering,” by Susan Hand Shetterly | Down East Magazine

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Oct, 2020
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    Sounds of the Forest – Soundmap :: Timber Festival

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Oct, 2020
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    Assange’s show trial is the culmination of the Society of the Spectacle

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Oct, 2020
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    The Art & Origins of Running Across Paris Rooftops

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 29 Sep, 2020
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    Telepathy without the internet – JVC

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 29 Sep, 2020
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    A Walk Around Carlisle in 1975 – Flashbak

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 Sep, 2020
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    Sounds of the Forest: A Free Audio Archive Gathers the Sounds of Forests from All Over the World | Open Culture

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Sep, 2020
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    A morning meander close to the beach in Santos

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 7 Sep, 2020
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    Facebook Highlights Audio as a Key Part of its AR Glasses Plans

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Sep, 2020
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    A New Poetics of Space: Literary Walks in times of Pandemics and Climate Change

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Sep, 2020
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    A walk back, after a coffee

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Sep, 2020
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    Uncovering the acoustical properties of Stonehenge

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Sep, 2020
  • Babak Fakhamzadeh – w/r

    A dadaist poem

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 25 Aug, 2020
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    Shorelines

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 24 Aug, 2020
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    These Shows Are Made for Walking – The New York Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Aug, 2020
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    Tilburg adopts a walking mindset | TheMayor.EU

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Aug, 2020