Abbas (full name Abbas Attar) had a photography career that spanned six decades and is known for his intense photos of wars and revolutions in countries around the world (Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa). In his later years, Abbas turned his camera toward the subject of religion. The photographer joined the prestigious Magnum Photos cooperative in 1981 after being a member of the French agencies Sipa Press (1971 to 1973) and Gamma (1974 to 1980). After documenting the Iranian revolution between 1978 and 1980, Abbas spent 17 years traveling and photographing around the world in voluntary exile from his homeland. As a result of the revolution, though, much of his subsequent work focused on the global rise of Islamism as well as other religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. Abbas, the Iranian photojournalist and Magnum photographer, died in Paris April 25, 2018 at the age of 74. Here: Near Saidpur, East Pakistan, 1971. Among Bengali refugees escaping the frontline between Pakistani and Indian troops, a woman cries, surrounded by her children. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972. A woman wounded in an IRA bomb explosion in the city centre is given first aid. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Tehran, Iran, 1979. After a demonstration in support of the constitution and prime minister Shapour Bakhtiar, a woman, believed to be a supporter of the shah, is mobbed by a revolutionary crowd. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Correze, France, 1982. Jacques Chirac (right), president of the RPR Party, drinks with voters in a bar while visiting his constituency. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Kuwait, 1991. Next to a tank destroyed by US aerial bombing, a dead Iraqi soldier is mummified by drops of oil escaping from wells, set on fire by the soldier’s unit before it retreated. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992. A mujahid of the Hezbi-Islami guards the road to the capital. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 1992. Pilgrims from around the world pray on Mount Rahma, where Muslims believe Adam met Eve. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Seau d’Eau, Haiti, 2000. Pilgrims bathe in a waterfall they consider sacred. With medicinal herbs and perfumes, they ask their Voodoo loas – personal or family spirits – to fortify them. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Tehran, Iran, 2001. A scene inside a fashionable coffee house. (Photo by Abbas Attar/Magnum Photos)
Vietnam, 1973. Abbas wears a helmet and flak-jacket while covering the war. (Photo by Magnum Photos)
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