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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    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
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    Hidden Florence

    · Hidden Florence · Since 2016
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    Hidden Florence

    · Hidden Florence · Since 2016
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  • Walking Piece SWS20

    “Easter Sound-day” Spring Treasure Hunt

    Ed Coulson
    · Since 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

    How coronavirus is driving a revolution in travel – BBC News

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 16 May, 2020
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    Chicago’s Pothole Artist Turns Road Hazards Into Works of Art

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 13 May, 2020
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    Online meetup: Tracey Benson on ‘Eco-activism’

    Geert Vermeire
    · walk · list... · 2020-05-12 19:00
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  • Walking Piece

    The periphery of Birkenau

    · Since 2020
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    Online meetup: Viv Corringham on ‘Listening with the Feet’

    Viv Corringham
    Geert Vermeire
    · 2020-05-26 18:00
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    Online meetup: Viv Corringham on ‘Listening with the Feet’

    Viv Corringham
    Geert Vermeire
    · 2020-05-26 18:00
  • Curated news

    Thurrock100 launch arts challenge ahead of walking festival in September – Your Thurrock

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 3 May, 2020
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  • Walking Event

    The Secret of Seattle’s Disappearing Hill

    · Airbnb and A... · 2020-05-14 12:30
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    Life is travel, the case for the patron saint of walkers

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 29 Apr, 2020
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    World Labyrinth Day

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · The Labyrint... · 2 May, 2020 · All day
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    Jane’s Walk

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · Jane's Walk · 2 - 3 May, 2020
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    Life is travel, the case for the patron saint of walkers

    Babak Fakhamzadeh
    · 26 Apr, 2020