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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    30 Days of Walking: Sound Walk September 2020

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Aug, 2020
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    Walk the talk: A duo walks in Europe to render support to Indian migrants – brunch feature – Hindustan Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Aug, 2020
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    A thousand years of walking through Japan | The Japan Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Jul, 2020
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    30 installations to see on Charoen Krung street art walking tour | Coconuts Bangkok

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Jul, 2020
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    Indian artists in Europe share experience of migrant labourers walking home during lockdown | Lifestyle News,The Indian Express

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 20 Jul, 2020
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    This Artist Made a Time Machine Using Snapchat’s Spectacles

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Jul, 2020
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    Iceland is broadcasting the world’s screams to relieve coronavirus stress – CBS News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Jul, 2020
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    Soundmapping Beyond The Grid: alternative cartographies of sound by Isobel Anderson

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Jul, 2020
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    Why we travel: Alastair Humphreys on finding great escapes in the UK | National Geographic

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Jul, 2020
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    How the Slow Ways network could change walking in Britain | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Jul, 2020
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    Meticulously Detailed Map Art (10 pics)

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Jun, 2020
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    Londoner Saira Niazi’s Walking Tour Of A City Forever In Flux – Ace Reader

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 23 Jun, 2020
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    AirPods Pro to add surround sound with iOS 14 update — Apple World Today

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 22 Jun, 2020
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    The Ultimate Chicago Outdoor Mural Crawl – InsideHook

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Jun, 2020
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    Fuck Psychogeography – orbific.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Jun, 2020
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    Psychogeography: where writers should now fear to tread | Aeon Essays

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Jun, 2020
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    Here’s where you can find awesome street art in Dubai

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Jun, 2020
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    Slosh! Slurp! Welcome to the ‘Walktail’ Party – The New York Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 1 Jun, 2020
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    People across globe encouraged to take part in Slow Marathon | Press and Journal

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 30 May, 2020
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    How to Walk Across Europe – Dark Mountain

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 May, 2020