Google’s Doodle paid tribute to Abbas Attar on his 80th birthday on Friday. He was a French-Iranian photographer and journalist. On this occasion, Doodle depicts the photographer with his camera in the foreground, and the term ‘Google’ can be read in the background, which seems to be a depiction of photos. His birthday has also been marked as Good Friday Christian Festival.
Abbar Attar’s Early Life
Abbar Attar was born in 1944 in Tehran, Iran, and during his teenage period, he discovered his interest in photography and honed his skills at the University of Tehran.
Abbar Attar Career
Attar started his photography journey in 1978 by working for the Iranian newspaper Ettela’at. He then documented the Iranian Revolution, providing a unique visual record of this pivotal moment in history. His career didn’t stop there; he went on to publish books, and his photos have been showcased in galleries worldwide, marking him as a master of composition and emotional depth. Attar’s work not only depicts moments of human joy and sorrow but also serves as a lasting testament to photography’s power to capture history.
Other than photography, he also has an interest in being a prolific writer and educator by contributing books on photography and conducting workshops globally.
For six decades, Attar also covered wars, revolutions, and social changes across continents, covering Biafra to Bosnia and from the Middle East to South Africa during apartheid.
Abbas’s quest to understand the world took him from documenting the Iranian Revolution to a deep dive into the resurgences of radical Islam, Christianity, Animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.
Return to Oapan, Return to Mexico’ and ‘Journeys Beyond the Mask’ are some of the books that describe Mexico from the eyes of Abbas. He is also credited with documenting the major religions of the world, including the resurgence of radical Islam from as early as 1987.
