Abbas (born
1944) is an
Iranian photographer known for his
photojournalism in
Biafra and
Vietnam in the
1970s, and for his photos of
Christian and
Islamic subjects in later years. He is a member of
Magnum Photos.Abbas, an Iranian transplanted to Paris, has dedicated his photographic work to the political and social coverage of the developing southern nations. Since 1970, his major work, published in world magazines, includes wars and revolutions in Biafra,
Bangladesh,
Ulster, Vietnam, the
Middle East,
Chile,
Cuba, and
South Africa with an essay on apartheid.
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