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

    Mural Arts Philadelphia Offers Special Street Art Tour for Black History Month

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 21 Jan, 2020
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    How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers and Writers Have Always Known | Open Culture

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Jan, 2020
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    Sheffield artist explores ways of responding to the climate emergency | Sheffield Telegraph

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 15 Jan, 2020
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    Uganda: Museveni’s Long Walk Draws Mixed Reactions – allAfrica.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Jan, 2020
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    Walking to remember – The Martha’s Vineyard Times

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Jan, 2020
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    11th Annual SculptureWalk Chelsea call for art | The Sun Times News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 6 Jan, 2020
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    From nature hikes to chats with chickens, spiritual tourism is on the rise – StarTribune.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 5 Jan, 2020
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    Kaki Lima: M’sian Card Game Inspired By George Town’s Walkways

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Jan, 2020
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    No wifi, no bed, no studio: ‘Oddball’ residency is the ultimate artistic immersion

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 31 Dec, 2019
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    A Walk on the Frontier of Art, Where the Sky Is the Limit | Asharq AL-awsat

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 31 Dec, 2019
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    Cool walks

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 19 Dec, 2019
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    “The Art of Flaneuring” Offers a Modern Take on Being a Flâneur or Flâneuse – Frenchly

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Dec, 2019
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    Bridge Walk: 851 Feet above The New River | Positively WV | wvnews.com

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Dec, 2019
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    Trail of Tears walk held in Winchester

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Dec, 2019
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    Creating Soundscapes From the Whispering, Bubbling, and Roaring Earth

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 14 Dec, 2019
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    Andy Goldsworthy’s Walking Wall unites and delights in Kansas City | The Art Newspaper

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 Dec, 2019
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    Lodhi Art District gets an Audio Guide for visitors to get an Immersive Art Experience – Everything Experiential

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 12 Dec, 2019
  • Post SWS19

    Sound Walk September 2019 winners

    Geert Vermeire
    Andrew Stuck
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 11 Dec, 2019
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    ‘I feel I’m walking in Paris’: the revolutionary art of Tahrir Square | Rudaw.net

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 10 Dec, 2019
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    New York sound map – interactive map of the sounds of New York City

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2 Dec, 2019