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God Child of Xochimilco at VISA

By Nima Taradji Photography — You may now view the series named God Child of Xochimilco which was projected at this years VISA Pour L;Image festival at Perpignan. Click on the link below to watch the projection: VISA 2020 PROJECTION 01 LUNDI
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Projection at VISA: God Child of Xochimilco

By Nima Taradji Photography — I am excited to see the work I did in Mexico on my God Child of Xochimilco project will be projected at Visa Pour l'Image-Perpignan festival. God Child Of Xochimilco is a story about a 430 years old representation of Baby Jesus. You may see the project on my website here: https://www.nimataradji.com/ninopa-xochimilco Festival International du Photojournalisme Festival...
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Chicago Protests Police Brutality

By Nima Taradji Photography — June 5, 2020- Chicago, Illinois, United States: Continuing their protest against police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, several hundred Chicagoan participated in a peaceful march. George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department while handcuffed and in their custody. Video shows Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis PD kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while the...
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Chicago Joins Minneapolis Protesting George Floyd’s Death

By Nima Taradji Photography — May 30-31, 2020- Chicago, Illinois, United States: Thousands of Chicagoans joined Minneapolis in their protest against the killing of George Floyd. George Floyd was killed by the Minneapolis Police Department while handcuffed and in their custody. Video shows Officer Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis PD kneeling on George Floyd’s neck while the latter was in handcuff and laying on the...
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Updated Portrait Page

By Nima Taradji Photography — Finnaly got a bit of time to update my Environmental Portrait page with some of my latest work.         Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Environmental           Portaits by Nima Taradji         
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Pilsen Celebrates 4th of July

By Nima Taradji Photography — July 4, 2019 - Chicago, Illinois, United States: Fourth of July celebration in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants for the past 150 years: first for Eastern Europeans before becoming a Latino and Mexican-American neighborhood. It is located on the near Westside of Chicago and is very youthful, vibrant and culturally diverse. (Nima...
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Open Illinois Protest In Chicago

By Nima Taradji Photography — May 1, 2020- Chicago, Illinois, United States: About 100-150 persons, a lot of them coming from the Chicago suburbs, answered the call to protest by a group called Freedom Movement USA and gathered at the Illinois State Building (Thompson Center) in downtown Chicago and demanded that Governor JB Pritzker remove his stay at home order covering the State of Illinois. The groups claims that...
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Niñopa

By Nima Taradji Photography — Sometime in the 16th Century, a tradition took root in Mexico in the form of an image representing NiñoDios or Child Jesus. This image took various forms and various names, but oldest and most venerated is found in the Mexico City southern borough of Xochimilco. The Child Jesus of Xochimilco, Niñopa or Niñopan, was created some 430 years ago in the San Bernardino Monastery....
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Revisiting Delia: A Transgender Female

By Nima Taradji Photography — Four years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same sex marriage across the United States. While that was certainly a great step forward in the fight against discrimination, it was not enough to prevent it in the day to day professional lives where a person who is gay may still be fired for being gay. Today, the SCOTUS will hear several cases stemming from the question about...
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On Assignment for Madame Figaro Magazine

By Nima Taradji Photography — Writer Lisa Vignoli and I went to a multitude of places in Chicago where art and culture were served ans Lisa wrote about it for Madame Figaro Magazine and my pictures went along with it...   Galeries indépendantes, musées et foires internationales, Chicago, la conscience de l’art La grande métropole du lac Michigan connaît un bouillonnement...
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New Project Coming UP: Hasankeyf

By Nima Taradji Photography — July 2019- Hasankeyf, Turkey: Hasankeyf is a 12,000 year old village on the banks of Tigris River in Southeastern Turkey near the Syrian and Iraqi borders. It has survived Persians, Romans, Ottomans, and the modern era and is one of 80 or so villages that will now succumb to Turkeys growing need for electricity and power which will be provided to some extent by the now finished Ilisu Dam....
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On Assignment for Pew Charitable Trust

By Nima Taradji Photography — Thanks to Louisa Barnes and The Pew Charitable Trusts for their confidence in me for the photography along with a story written by Steve Hendrix of Washington Post. The story illustrates the fact that there are more similarities than difference between people living in the cities, suburbs and farmlands. A multi-day assignment in various locations in Wisconsin.   Trust Magazine | Three...
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Congressman Elijah Cummings - RIP

By Nima Taradji Photography — During the Baltimore Uprising resulting from the killing of the 25 year old Freddie Gray by the Baltimore Police, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D) representing the 7th District was present on the scene every night at curfew time inviting the protestors to comply and go home and avoid any conflict with the police. Elijah E. Cummings, died earlier today Thursday October 17, 2019 in Baltimore of...
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New Project: Living in Gorelovka

By Nima Taradji Photography — Third project I worked on during the Summer of 2019 was about Gorelovka, Georgia. Life in Gorelovka, a small village in southern Georgia about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Armenian border, is not easy. Not during the winter which lasts about seven months, nor during the rest of the year when the focus is preparing for winter. In July, however, Gorelovka is picturesque as great lush plains...
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Holiday Print Sale - From The Nudes Archive

By Nima Taradji Photography - Holiday Print Sale - From The Nudes Archive — I finally got around to create a sale from my archive of nude photography-mainly from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s. Some of these images were last on display as 20 x 24 silver gelatin prints at a show in a cooperative art gallery I co-founded in Los Angeles, California. Before embarking on my law school journey, I gave away all the prints to one of my co-workers. She got my entire portfolio of...
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Shishmaref's Struggle With Climate Change

By Nima Taradji Photography — Andrew Ningealook, 26 years old and a life long resident of Shishmaref, breaks the ice before laying his fishing net under the ice. Shishmaref, Alaska-2015 Shishmaref is a remote village of about 600 people located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle and it sits atop rapidly melting permafrost because of climate change. As the water temperatures have increased the time span the Chukchi Sea...
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New Project - Shishmaref, Alaska

By Nima Taradji Photography — The cemetery in Shishmaref, Alaska. I am in Shishmaref, Alaska working on a photo project about the people who are affected by climate change in this village of about 500 people. 
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New Project - Shishmaref, Alaska

By Nima Taradji Photography — A bear skin hangs on the wall next to tusks from a walrus in a Shishmaref, Alaska resident's home. Life on this barrier island is in jeopardy due to rising waters and the melting of permafrost. - New Project.
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Delia - A Transgender Female on CNN Photo

By Nima Taradji Photography — Thanks to Brett Roegiers , Natalie Yubas and Jamie Gumbrecht t of CNN Digital for doing a great job on the article about Delia. Much appreciated. http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/health/cnnphotos-delia/index.html
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Red Hot Annie Project - Ongoing

By Nima Taradji Photography — Moment before Burlesque dancer Red Hot Annie prepares to get on stage.
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Delia - A Transgender Female in ZEKE Magazine

By Nima Taradji Photography — Love and humbled to see two of my images from the Delia-A Transgender Female in the current issue of ZEKE Magazine alongside some great photographers. The digital issue is free but the printing of the magazine is amazingly awesome-worth a look! ( http://socialdocumentary.net/cms/ZEKE )
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New Project

By Nima Taradji Photography — In Shishmaref, Alaska on a new project about the effects of climate change on this little village of 500 residents.
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New Project - Shishmaref, Alaska

By Nima Taradji Photography — Only a few homes in Shishmaref, Alaska have plumbing. To get drinking water, Fred breaks chunks of ice from the nearby village's fresh water reservoir to take home. New Project.
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New Project - Havana, Cuba

By Nima Taradji Photography — At Laura Alonso Dance Academy - Havana, Cuba-2016
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Shishmaref, Alaska Project in New York Times' Lens Blog

By Nima Taradji Photography — Very pround and honored to see my photo project about people of Shishmaref, Alaska who are directly affected by climate change in New York Times' Lens Blog. Thanks to Rena Silverman for the great article and James Estrin for choosing my project for publication. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/nima-taradji-alaska-climate-ice
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Delia - A Transgender Female Series on ViewFind

By Nima Taradji Photography — Happy to see my series on Delia, a transgender female, was selected by ViewFind for publication. http://viewfind.com/story/delia-a-transgender-female
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Selected by Elizabeth Krist as One of Ten Photographers - Visura Instagram Open Call 2016

By Nima Taradji Photography — Visura Instagram Open Call 2016: Honored to be one of the ten selected photographers by Elizabeth Krist - National Geographic Senior Photo Editor. National Geographic Senior Photo Editor Elizabeth Cheng Krist, selected 10 photographers from the 2016 Visura Instagram Open Call: Solmaz Daryani, Anna Boyiazis, Jorge Santiago, Sara Swaty, Furkan Temir, Arthur Nazaryan, Hector Emanuel,...
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A Modest victory at the Sacred Stone Camp

By Nima Taradji Photography — An 86-year-old Sioux grandmother joined the Sacred Stone Camp and their attempt to provide protection of the Human Rights to clean water. The Federal Court ruled against the Native Americans request for a TRO- but the Obama Administration handed what amounts to a victory by halting all work on the Pipeline on Federal Land.
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Elder Welcomes New Arrivals

By Nima Taradji Photography — A Native American elder at the Sacred Stone Camp near Cannonball, ND, welcomes new arrivals to the Camp.
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The Chicago Cubs Win 2016 World Series

By Nima Taradji Photography — A Chicago Cubs fan flies the "W" perched on top of the traffic light in front of the Wrigley Field as the Cubs were on their way to win the 2016 World Series. #cubs #worldseries #worldserieschamps #chicagocubs #baseball
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Donald Trump... President.

By Nima Taradji Photography — At Donald Trump rally in Westfield, Indiana - July 12, 2016
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Sacred Stone Camp project on Viewfind

By Nima Taradji Photography — See the story here:  http://viewfind.com/story/the-cam-of-the-sacred-stones
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Chicago Protests Against Donald Trump on Information

By Nima Taradji Photography — See the story here:  https://www.information.dk/debat/2016/11/trumponomics-minder
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Thanksgiving Confrontation at the Sacred Stone Camp

By Nima Taradji Photography — Sacred Stone Camp, November 24, 2016 - On the Thanksgiving day, the law enforcement which is now comprised of the National Guard, the State Police, local police and the Federal Police destroyed a bridge the campers had built connecting their camp to the Turtle Island which is considered sacred ground. Once alerted of that fact, the Protectors converged on the site and rebuilt the...
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Cold Feelings At the Standing Rock - Washington Post

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Quick Trip to Mexico City

By Nima Taradji Photography — At the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), Mexico City, Mexico - 2017
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Via Crucis in Pilsen

By Nima Taradji Photography — Rodolfo Flores portrays Jesus and carries a cross during the 40th annual Via Crucis in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. #viacrucis #goodfriday #stationsofthecross #pilsenchicago #pilsen #providenceofgod
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Sherwood Park, Chicago, IL

By Nima Taradji Photography — Kids playing basketball and Sherwood Park, Chicago, IL - 2016
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Clarksdale, Mississippi

By Nima Taradji Photography — Marty Ellbank who ran the Boston Marathon in 1996 owns Marty's barbershop in Clarksdale, MS. May 2017 - Clarksdale, MS. #clarksdale #clarksdalems #barbershop #mississippi #southernexposure (view on Instagram http://ift.tt/2qYBsKy )
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Moving the Lady

By Nima Taradji Photography — Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico - 2017 #ladyofguadalupe #senioradeguadalupe #mexicocity #ciudaddemexico #christianity #religion #church
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Rockit Barbershop

By Nima Taradji Photography — At the Rockit Barbershop. Pilsen neighborhood, Chicago, IL-2017 -  https://www.instagram.com/p/BUHi7NPDuTO/ #pilsen#pilsenchicago#barbershop#chicago#illinois#latino
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My Fair Lady: Red Hot Annie

By Nima Taradji Photography — Outtake from the project: My Fair Lady: Red Hot Annie. See the full project here: http://ift.tt/2qkqLAu @redhotannie @vaudezilla #burlesque #chicago #vaudeville #theatre http://ift.tt/2qQaF55
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Cuba's In Motion - OUttake

By Nima Taradji Photography — An outtake from series on Cuba: Kids playing a friendly but fierce match of soccer. From "Cuba's In Motion" series-2016 Havana, Cuba. See the series here.
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Shishmaref's Struggle With Climate Change - 2

By Nima Taradji Photography — Ryan Ningealook, 4, looks on while his two brothers sleep on the floor in the only room in their small home in Shishmaref, Alaska. http://ift.tt/2rqonfl Shishmaref is a remote village of about 600 people located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle and it sits atop rapidly melting permafrost because of climate change. As the water temperatures have increased the time span the Chukchi Sea...
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Interview with PRI on Lucha Libre

By Nima Taradji Photography — I was honored to be interviewed by PRI's Global Nation about the work I am doing with Lucha Libre - the Mexican style of wrestling - which I have been working on since last year. The matches are quite something to see--if you ever get an opportunity to attend one (which happens every Sunday in Villa Park) you should. You will not regret it! Thanks to Angilee Shah and Luis Marentes for...
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In The Periphery - The Grateful Dead Concert

By Nima Taradji Photography — I was more interested in the folks going to the concert than the concert itself... Some images taken around the Wrigley Field (home of the Cubs) where the Grateful Dead played on July 1, 2017.
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Lowrider Project

By Nima Taradji Photography — Becaboo M. Ornelas and two children do promotional work for The Brothers Car Club of Elgin, Illinois during the Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival . August 6, 2017. Lowrider culture began in the desert somewhere. Whether it started in the actual desert shared by El Paso, Texas and New Mexico, or whether it emerged from the socioeconomic desert along Whittier Boulevard, that’s still up...
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For Sale at the Bud Billiken Parade

By Nima Taradji Photography — A man offers for sale a framed Art Print entitled 'Freedom Riders' by artist Kolongi Brathwaite which depicts leaders including President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama, Tupac Shakur, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Coretta King, Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, Huey Newton, Nelson Mandella, Bob Marley and Muhammad Ali riding horses together, at the Bud Billiken...
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Solar Eclipse 2017

By Nima Taradji Photography — Moments before the Totality is reached. A crowed of about 14,000 gathered in the Saluki Stadium at the Southern Illinois University Campus in Carbondale, Illinois to view the Solar Eclipse. Carbondale is in the total solar eclipse path that stretched across the entire United States, reaching its point of greatest duration a few miles south of the City. This region in southern Illinois is...
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It's Almost Here...

By Nima Taradji Photography — I am counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds until my flight to New York and then the bus ride to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop... XXX!!!
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La Photo Du Lundi in 6Mois Magazine

By Nima Taradji Photography — Go here:  http://www.6mois.fr/Lowriders?lang=fr
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For VEJA Magazine Brazil

By Nima Taradji Photography — Adeus às armas Professor Benjamin Lessing diz que Estado e autoridades policiais deveriam deixar claro que certo nível de narcotráfico pode ser tolerado, mas sem violência
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Second Line with The Perfect Gentlemen Social Club

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 7, 2018- New Orleans, LA - Member of the Perfect Gentlemen Social & Pleasure Club, Rapper T. Lyons, rests at a stop along the Second Line route. January 7th marked the start of the Parade Season which lead to the Mardi Gras Parade on February 13, 2018. Second line is a quintessential New Orleans tradition. It is a brass band parade where the main section is comprised of the...
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Women's March - Chicago 2018

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 20, 2018 - Chicago, Illinois, United States: An estimated crowd in excess of 300,000 Chicagoans marched in downtown Chicago commemorating the first anniversary of the Women's March. The organizers who have dubbed this year's march the March to the Polls hope to galvanize women to vote for progressive causes.  https://www.instagram.com/p/BeL71aonbFm/
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Neela Montgomery, Crate & Barrel's CEO, For The Wall Street Journal

By Nima Taradji Photography — Crate & Barrel’s CEO, Neela Montgomery, photographed on location for The Wall Street Journal. Why Crate and Barrel’s CEO Isn’t Worried About Amazon Three years ago, Crate and Barrel had little social-media presence, but it now has more than one million Instagram followers and produces more digital content than photographs.
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March For Our Lives

By Nima Taradji Photography — March 24, 2018- March For Our Lives, Chicago, Illinois.
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Via Crucis

By Nima Taradji Photography — Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Crucified Via Crucis or The Living Stations of the Cross is the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. It has taken place for the past four decades in the...
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Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

By Nima Taradji Photography — Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Lost Paradise "This people has attained riches without usury, and all the honours that can be awarded to slavery without intrigue. But they have long occupied,...
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Guns in Schools

By Nima Taradji Photography — In the spring of 2018, I along with writer Alan Cassidy on assignment for Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger , entered Sidney High School, expecting to meet a bunch of Yosemite Sam looking, gun-slinging, trigger-happy yahoos intent on shooting anything that moves.  Much to my surprise, I met a group of people, whose logical and methodical approach to gun violence made me, perhaps not a...
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Publication in L'Express Magazine

By Nima Taradji Photography — Web version here: https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/amerique-nord/barack-obama-face-a-la-fronde-des-noirs-de-chicago_2033079.html#c7havTcYxQt0BKvb.01
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Mentioned in PDN Magazine

By Nima Taradji Photography — I recently got rid of all my  old film era equipment which allowed me to get enough money to pay for a new flash - the ProFoto A1. But, I still have the Minolta flashmeter in my  bag!         Hooked on the Classics: Vintage Gear Photographers Can't Part With           We spoke with several photographers to learn about the...
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Second Amendment Supporters in Madison, WI

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 12, 2019 - Madison, Wisconsin: Anthony Dunsel from the United Patriots holds his rifle while deliberately walking through the counter protestors during the "We The People" rally. We The People rally brought together about two dozen armed individuals from various locals who wanted to display and exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.  "The government...
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"Street Photography" Workshop

By Nima Taradji Photography — I am having my third edition of a two-day workshop on the weekend of February 23 and 24th, 2019. As before, it will be at the Richard Stromberg Chicago Photography Classes and there is a limit of 12 students. The last two times I had this workshop we sold out both times and so those interested should move rather quickly to sign up!!   Street Photography Workshop - Chicago Photography...
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Portrait Session for Der Spiegel

By Nima Taradji Photography — I photographed the Iraqi Refugee Hazim Avdal. He is sponsored by George and Amal Clooney and is studying at the University of Chicago. For Der Spiegel Magazine, January 2019.         "George und Amal Clooney gaben mir den Glauben an die Menschlichkeit zurück"           Der Jeside Hazim Avdal verlor beim Einmarsch des...
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Notre Dame De Paris Burned

By Nima Taradji Photography — I see Notre Dame is on fire and roof has allegedly collapsed. I visited it back in the 80s and took this picture--which is a cliche but it is one I like most. Paris, France - Circa 1985. Zorki IV, Tri-x 400.
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New Project Coming UP!

By Nima Taradji Photography — April 2019 - Mexico City, Mexico. An outtake from my upcoming new project about religion and culture in Mexico City. Watch this space!! #mexicocity #mexico #xochimilco #documentry #documentaryphotography #travel #travelphoto #photography #peoplephotography
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New Story: God Child of Xochimilco

By Nima Taradji Photography — Xochimilco, the southern borough of Mexico City, is home to a 430-year-old image of Child Jesus (or NiñoDios) called Niñopa or Niñopan. Each year a family is given the honor of housing and caring for the NiñoDios.  On February 2 of each year the community of Xochimilco celebrates as Niñopa transitions to his new home for the year.    ...
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