thruafghaneyes: July 2008

Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Mohammad Mirzaman Waezi Best Afghan Box camera Photo Grapher

Best Afghan Box camera Photo Grapher in Kabul

Fardin Waezi Aina Photo Journalist & Free lancer Photo Journalist

Fardin Waezi is one of the most outsanding photojournalists working in Afghanistan today with an archive exceeding 10,000 imgages.
Fardin Waezi was born in Kabul, and started photography with a box camera with his father when he was only seven years old.
“When the Taliban captured Kabul, one of their first assaults was against photographers. They rushed to burn my father’s wooden camera which was our sole source of income; they burned down our studio, but I saved the camera.”
Fardin, 14 at the time, hid the camera way in a secret place. He had spent all his childhood at his father’s side, taking thousands of 6x4 portraits in the streets of Kabul with his camera. He became the bread-winner for a family of 11. Eventually he took the camera from where he had hidden it and cautiously started taking ID photographs in one of the city streets. Fardin was arrested many times by the Taliban for taking pictures, but refused to stop shooting, and continued to record the real life of Afghanistan and its people.
During this time, he met an Iranian photographer, Manoocher Deghati, brother of Reza who is the founder of Aina Afghan Media and Culture Center, and consequently started his training as a photojournalist.
Fardin started studying photojournalism at AINA in 2002 and in 2004 graduated with a diploma. Since that time Fardin has worked for AINA Photo as a teacher of photojournalism and has on numerous occasions given lectures in the area of journalism at Kabul University.
Fardin Waezi is now the Director of Aina Photo Agency and is also a member of the Afghanistan Photojournalist’s Union. As a freelance photojournalist he has worked for and been published by many national and international publications and has also worked on assignments for the UN, World Bank, BBC, NATO and The French Embassy.
Fardin Waezi wants to express through his images the problems, developments and improvements taking place in Afghanistan. He is dedicated to teaching young Afghan youths the craft of photojournalism in an effort to give a voice to future generations and help heal the wounds of a people still suffering the consequences of three decades of war.

Najibullah Musafer Killid Magazine Photo Journalist

Najibullah Musafer : at 40 the oldest member of Aina Photo, was the only person to successfully film a documentary on the Taliban regime among the Hazara minority, which is mainly situated in central Afghanistan A Hazara himself, Musafer spent seven months in prison for photo-related crimes Had the Taliban discovered his film, he would have certainly been sentenced to death. He is now working with Keled Magazine. Kabul Afghanistan

Gulbuddin Elham Kabul Weekly Photo Journalist

Gulbuddin Elham was forced to postpone his studies at Kabul University’s faculty of journalism during the Taliban era. The 30 year old father of three chose a career in photography because he says photos are a record of history and l want to be part of that. He is working in Kabul weekly

Massoud Hossaini AFP Photo Journalist

Massoud Hossaini spent 20 years in exile in Iran before returning to Afghanistan the day after the fall of the Taliban. After studying political science at Kabul University a meeting with photo reporter and Aina founder Reza convinced him to go into photojournalism I want to fight for human rights in my country even if its hard to achieve he says I want to deal with religious conservatives the opium business currently one of my major projects and the warlords I think photojournalism can help heal the wounds of Afghans after all our suffering But only if we get international help. He is working in AFP in Afghanistan

M/Ali Omid Afghan Parliament Photo journalist

Ali Omid , from the Hazara minority, survived Taliban attacks that killed thousands of people in the province of Bamiyan, in the central part of the country, in 1999, it is important to take pictures for history’s sake because Afghanistan is a changing country, the 26 year old says, He is worked as an in charge of Designer for information and public relation directory of Parliament of Afghanistan

Mohammad Reza Yemak Free lancer Video & Photo Journalist

Mohammad Reza Yemak: 32, has retired form his important position as one of President Hamid Karzai s elite guards in the Afghan National Army, Being a part of a free press is important to keeping my society safe from regimes that withheld our freedom for years he says. He is now working free line job with deferent organization. Kabul Afghanistan

AHMAD JAWAD UNAMA Photo Journalist

AHMAD JAWAD JALALI IS A MAN WITH 20 YEARS OLD. WHO WAS BORNE IN 1989 IN KABUL AFGHANISTAN? HE HAD BEEN STUDYING IN SCHOOL DURING TALIBAN ERA. AFTER HE GRATUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 2006 HE HAD 18 YEARS OLD. AND HE WAS SEARCHING FOR A JOB TO SUPORT HIS FAMILY. SO ACCURDING TO HIS UPSURGE THAT HE HAD WITH PHOTOGRAPHY HE CAME TO AINA MEDIA AND CULTURER CENTER AND SHARE HIM SELF IN PHOTO JOURNALISM COURS WHICH HAD BEEN TOUGHT BY FARDIN WAEZI & TRAVIS BEARD.DURING THE THREE MOUNTH COURSE HE COULD TO LEARN FOUNDAMENTALS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY. BY THE TIME BIENG THAT HE GRATUATED FROM THE COURSE UP TO NOW HE HAS WORKED IN MANY PROJECT AS A PHOTOGRAPHER. ONE OF HIS IMPORTANT PROJECTS WAS PHOTOGRAPHY WITH FIEDLET FRENCH FILM COMPANY. NOW HE IS WORKING IN AINA AS A FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER. HE IS VERY GREATFUL FROM MR REZA DEGHATI FOUNDER & GENERAL MANEGER OF AINA MEDIA AND CULTURER CENTER FOR HIS EFFORTS FOR AFGHAN YOUTH PROMOTION. BESIDES IT HE HAS BEST WISH TO SHOW THE BEAUTIES OF HIS COUNTRY WITH CAMERA FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE GLOBE.

Monday, 28 July 2008

SAFIA SAIFI Pajhwalk news agency Photo Journalist

SAFIA SAIFI
Safia Saifi 25, daughter of Babi from central Parwan province has bachelor in
Sociology and philosophy faculty of Kabul University. I have begun working as photographer for different magazines and media outlets in the capital Kabul since two years.
I studied camera work at Kardan Institute of Higher Education through World Bank afterwards for one year I attended photography training by local and international trainers in Aiena and presently I am photojournalist and photographer in Pajhwok Afghan News one of the leading media organizations in Afghanistan.
I want to attend local and international photo exhibitions, have pictures from across the globe and nice shots of the nature. I want to reflect realties of my country, people and the incidents through pictures to the outward world; most of my work is related to women and children issues. I want to display the reconstruction and development achievements in my country I have exhibited my photos in different group exhibitions and have several times received appreciations and certificates of merit from local and international photojournalists.
In an international competition in Spain last year, one of my pictures received third award among 200 photos from 115 countries. It was really a good achievement for me and my fellow workers and countrymen in the field. As an Afghan girl, I really feel proud to have successfully made my country the third award winning country in an international competition.
At last, I express gratitude to all my trainers both local and international especially to kind and nice Ustad Fardin Waezi who encouraged and supported me in this field.

NILAB HABIBI Pajhwalk news agency Photo Journalist

Nilab Habibi 20, I am a high school graduate. I have been working as photojournalist for different organizations since three years.
I worked for Panjara as Photojournalist for one year. I served as photographer in Aiena (media center) for one year and later for Afghanistan International Journalists Center for three months.
I attended training by local and international trainers in the field and at present I work as photojournalist and photographer for Pajhwok Afghan News one of the leading media organizations in the country.
I want to attend local and international photo exhibitions, have pictures from across the globe and nice shots of the nature. I want to reflect realties of my country, people and the incidents through pictures to the outward world; most of my work is related to women and children issues. I want to display the reconstruction and development achievements in my country I have exhibited my photos in different group exhibitions and have several times received appreciations and certificates of merit from local and international photojournalists.

Imal Hashimi Free lancer Photo Journalist

Imal Hashimi was born in the Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, in 1986. After four years away from his country in Pakistan-Peshawar, he returned under the new leadership of Hamid Karzai’s government. After passing the university entrance exam, he was thinking of becoming a journalist, but he happened to pass by a group of Austrian photographers who had come to teach photography in his university. Interested in learning different and new subjects, he joined the workshopHashimi went on to join an advanced class of photojournalism in a media center in Kabul for half a year, and another workshop organized by the UNEP. Other than that, he has also participated in workshops by the US embassy at Aschiana NGO.Currently a second year student in the Fine Arts Faculty of Kabul University, he also works as a professional photojournalist at a news agency. His main interest lies in society and people, but has done extensive work on different topics, such as landscapes, portraits, travel photography, news and disaster reportage. He has covered a wide range of daily news events, and has also done photo essays and stories on Afghanistan, such as coverage of Kabul’s waste processing system, the city’s leather industry, environmental concerns, Afghan culture and society, and street photography of life in the capital city.His works has been published by both local and international media, including the Afghanistan Times, Kabul Times, Pakistan’s Wahdat Post and Frontier Post, Outlook and Afghanistan Daily. Also, some of Hashimi’s photos have been exhibited at Kabul University, Aschiana, the French Cultural Centre in Kabul (2006) and in Texas, USA (2007).

Noor Aqa moreed Afghan Photo Trainee

Noor Aqa moreed: 37 years old man from tajik nationality graduated from Mohamad alam faizad in 1982, and in Taliban regime he has to leave the country and he was refugee in Moscow, after Taliban black regime he came back to the Afghanistan
And worked as driver in AINA media culture and center in 2005
In 2007 he was very much interested it in photo journalism and he joined the photography class in AINA media culture and center the photography class was just for three months, then he has got the perfissional certificate,
He wants to help his poor people from photography way

Ghulam Haidar Afghan Photo Trainee

Ghulam Haidar: son of Ghulam Jelaani 41 year’s old man
Graduated it from Sheershah Soori high school in Kabul 1986, then one year studying Radio technique in ministry of defiance, in 1988 worked as official radio operator in ministry of defiance, after Dr Najibullah regime haidar left the Afghanistan to the Pakistan, till 1999 at this time Taliban regime covered 95 percent of Afghanistan
And he was working in carpet store as carpet seller
After Taliban regime 2003 haidar came back to Afghanistan
Worked as security guard in AINA media culture and center, he was very much interested it to the photography journalism, and he joined to the photography class in AINA media culture and center during three months he got the per fissional certificate
His photography was really proud and amazing
He wants to continue photography to help his poor people

Ah Omid Sahil Afghan Photo Trainee

Name: Ah Omid Sahil
Age: 23 years old
Province: Paktya
Person add: Kabul
From. June/ 2003 tell now working as maintenance officer. In AINA MEDID & CULTURE CENTER.
During the TALIBAN. He was student.
Grudged from Abdul hadi dawi high school.
Because he want to interduese the real situation of society to the world by photos In 2006 he joined the photojournalist course in Aina media & culture center under the trainers Trawis bread & Fardin waizy
He grudged from course and he take the certificate from Aina media & culture center.
And now he is a good photojournalist in Aina media
He said I thanks to Aina media & culture center.
In the future he want to showing the realty of society to the world.
Email add : ah_omaid_tanha@yahoo.com

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