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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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    Philly man walks on Christmas Eve to recreate Harriet Tubman’s holiday rescue of her brothers

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    60-year-old walks for hours on end to create epic snow art with just his feet – Upworthy

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    Sound Designer Nicolas Becker of Walking in Nature | AnOther

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    Mindfulness Walking: Enhancing Mental Clarity through Walking Meditation – VIVA GLAM MAGAZINE™

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    Twins walk from SC to Philly to raise foster care awareness – NBC10 Philadelphia

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    How Walking Fosters Creativity: Stanford Researchers Confirm What Philosophers & Writers Have Always Known | Open Culture

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    · 6 Jan, 2024
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    writer, producer, founder of the audio walk platform Storydive (Germany)

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    January 2024 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists — Colossal

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    · 2 Jan, 2024
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    Podcast: Nightwalking with Bianca Giaever – Atlas Obscura

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    · 29 Dec, 2023
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    Walking Leicester’s new Richard III trail – 530 years in the making | Leicester holidays | The Guardian

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    · 20 Dec, 2023
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    · 17 Dec, 2023
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    Paddington’s Walking Man and Standing Man

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    · 16 Dec, 2023
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