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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)
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