Alexandra Avakian, Photographer & Author
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- Nov 01, 2011
Jerusalem and Gaza
Just finished an assignment in Jerusalem. I’ll post the story when it is published in a major American magazine soon, but till then can’t discuss. I can tell you though that Jerusalem is as extraordinary, passionate, and lovely as ever. I have been there countless times. After Jerusalem I spent…
- Oct 20, 2011
Remembering when I met Qaddafi, with addendum for Marie Colvin
Today Libya's revolution has peaked with the death of Colonel Moammar Qaddafi. When I was a hard news photographer I loved being present at the peaks of revolutions. Now as a documentary photographer, I love photographing the aftermaths: every bit as fascinating. I remember meeting Qaddafi, the man former U.S.…
- Sep 26, 2011
- Sep 14, 2011
Breast Cancer in Saudi Arabia: A Woman Doctor Breaking Taboos
Aramco World Magazine sent me to Saudi Arabia to shoot astory about brave Dr. Samia Al-Amoudi, a breast cancer activist and survivor, “breaking the silence”, as she says, in the Arab world regarding the disease. I first met Dr. Samia at a small working lunch for top global breast…
- Sep 11, 2011
9/11
Thinking of strong, fabulous peace activist Talat today. Her son Salman Hamdani died at the World Trade Center trying to help victims. He was a police cadet and emergency worker. I accompanied Talat and her family to Ground Zero 9/11/2001. Thinking of friend Bill Biggart today. He was a photojournalist who died on 9/11…
- Aug 19, 2011
20th Anniversary of Soviet Coup
August 19, 1991, 20 years ago today: the Soviet coup in Moscow. Much of the action happened at the Beeleh Dom (Russian White House) across the street from my apartment on the Moscow River. I woke up on a Sunday morning to find tanks rolling down Kutuzovsky Blvd. In this…
- Aug 03, 2011
National Geographic Traveler: Egypt’s New Day
On the NatGeo website : some pix I shot for Egypt's New Day, in the September 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler. It was truly amazing to be in the great Pharaonic sites with so few tourists. While that is fantastic for the traveler, times are tough for Egypt, whose…
- Jul 27, 2011
More on news End of the Road documentary by Steven Soderbergh
More from Steven Soderbergh on his new documentary about my father Aram Avakian’s 1970 movie End of the Road, a rediscovered cinematic treasure, a cutting edge indie classic to be released by Warner Brothers on BluRay in October: http://thefilmstage.com/2011/07/26/steven-soderbergh-talks-new-documentary-cleo-and-retirement/ End of the Road trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KpphQnIFNc
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