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

    Iceland is broadcasting the world’s screams to relieve coronavirus stress – CBS News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 17 Jul, 2020
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  • Walking Event

    Unseen Soundwalks: Warsaw Rising ’44 Bike Tour

    John Beauchamp
    · Adam Mickiew... · 2020-07-25 09:30
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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meet-up: Martin Foessleitner on ‘Waylosing’

    Martin Foessleitner
    Andrew Stuck
    · 2020-08-04 18:00
  • Curated news

    Soundmapping Beyond The Grid: alternative cartographies of sound by Isobel Anderson

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Jul, 2020
  • Curated news

    Why we travel: Alastair Humphreys on finding great escapes in the UK | National Geographic

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 8 Jul, 2020
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  • Walking Event SWS20

    The sound of Silence – a journey through awareness into consciousness and creativity

    Mel Sutton
    · 7 - 13 Sep, 2020
  • Walking Event

    4th world congress of Psychogeography

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4wcop · 4 - 6 Sep, 2020
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  • Walking Event

    4th world congress of Psychogeography

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4wcop · 4 - 6 Sep, 2020
  • Curated news

    How the Slow Ways network could change walking in Britain | Walking holidays | The Guardian

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 Jul, 2020
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  • Walking Event

    World Listening Day 2020: The Collective Field

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · worldlisteni... · 18 Jul, 2020 · All day
  • Walking Event

    World Listening Day 2020: The Collective Field

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · worldlisteni... · 18 Jul, 2020 · All day
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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup with Ioannis Ziogas: “A Topos of Return: Prespa”

    Yannis Ziogas
    Geert Vermeire
    · 2020-07-21 18:00
  • Curated news

    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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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup with Ioannis Ziogas: “A Topos of Return: Prespa”

    Yannis Ziogas
    Geert Vermeire
    · 2020-07-21 18:00
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  • Walking Event

    Audiowalk Award 2020: And the winners are…

    Ruben Kurschat
    · soundmarker.de · 2020-06-24 20:00
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  • Walking Event

    Sound Walk Land

    Ruben Kurschat
    · Deutschlandf... · 2020-06-23 22:03
  • Curated news

    The Ultimate Chicago Outdoor Mural Crawl – InsideHook

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 18 Jun, 2020