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

    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
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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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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Helen Mirra on ‘walking only’

    Helen Mirra
    Geert Vermeire
    · 2020-06-09 18:00
  • Curated news

    Here’s where you can find awesome street art in Dubai

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 4 Jun, 2020
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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Jez Hastings on ‘Be More Mountain’

    Jez Hastings
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2020-07-07 18:00
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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Jez Hastings on ‘Be More Mountain’

    Jez Hastings
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2020-07-07 18:00
  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Jez Hastings on ‘Be More Mountain’

    Jez Hastings
    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 2020-07-07 18:00
  • Curated news

    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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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Nick Hunt on ‘long journeys in short distances’

    Nick Hunt
    Andrew Stuck
    · 2020-06-23 18:00
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  • walk · listen · café

    Online meetup: Nick Hunt on ‘long journeys in short distances’

    Nick Hunt
    Andrew Stuck
    · 2020-06-23 18:00
  • Curated news

    How to Walk Across Europe – Dark Mountain

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 28 May, 2020
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  • Walking Piece SWS20

    The Texture of Air

    · Since 2020
  • Curated news

    Hope within Walking Distance: Adversity and the Sublime in Charlie Lieberman’s Photography

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 24 May, 2020
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  • Walking Event

    Behind The Seens

    Tamsin Grainger
    · Tamsin Grain... · 24 May, 2020 · All day