Moises Saman


Moises Saman is a Spanish-American photographer, based in Tokyo. He is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation" and is a full member of Magnum Photos. Saman is best known for his photographs from Iraq. His book Discordia is about the revolution in Egypt and the broader Arab Spring.
Saman has won multiple awards from World Press Photo and Pictures of the Year International, and has received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Life and work

Saman was born Lima, Peru. He is considered "one of the leading conflict photographers of his generation." He worked as a photojournalist in the Middle East from 2011 to 2014. He is best known for his photographs from the wars in Iraq: the Gulf War, the Iraq War, and the Iraqi Civil War but has also worked in Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, and Syria including in rebel-held areas there. He covered the Arab Spring and the Syrian Civil War for The New Yorker and has worked for Human Rights Watch. It was during this period in the Middle East that he made Discordia, a book of personal work about the revolution in Egypt and the broader Arab Spring.
In 2010 Saman was invited to join Magnum Photos as a nominee and became a full member in 2014.

Publications

Publications by Saman