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![KUWAIT. 1991. Safwan. US soldier in front of oil wells in fire.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/01_PAR62571.jpg)
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KUWAIT. Safwan. 1991. US soldier in front of oil wells in fire. | License
![KUWAIT. US soldiers and helicopters in front of burning oil fields. 1991.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/02_PAR62570.jpg)
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KUWAIT. 1991. US soldiers and helicopters in front of burning oil fields. | License
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IRAN. Lorestan province. Ali Abad village. Women mourn in the village cemetery under snow. Sweets and fruits are offered to passerbys. 2001. | License
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IRAN. Mazandaran Province. Near Zirab village. Rice planters' lunch. | License
![IRAN. Tehran. 1997. Revolutionary mural.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/05_PAR130785.jpg)
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IRAN. Tehran. 1997. Revolutionary mural. | License
![BRAZIL. Juazeiro do Norte. Burial at cemetery](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/06_PAR110615.jpg)
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BRAZIL. Juazeiro do Norte. Burial at cemetery | License
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PHILIPPINES. Mount Banahao. 1995. Christian/pagan rites on the sacred mountain. Pilgrims are bathed and blessed. | License
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MYANMAR. Yangon. Kyaik Ka San A Shay monastery. 2013. Buddhist novitiation ceremony for two young boys and members of their family. A woman applies soothing turmeric paste on the head of a novice whose hair has just been shaven with a razor. | License
![CAMBODIA. Siem Reap. Young monks eat lunch in wat Po Bun Thiay Jai.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/09_PAR347943.jpg)
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CAMBODIA. Siem Reap. Young monks eat lunch in Wat Po Bun Thiay Jai. | License
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INDIA. Rajasthan. Bundi. City life in front of a colourful porch with clothes hanged to dry. | License
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INDIA. Uttar Pradesh. Allahabad. The Kumbh Mela. A sadhu in front of a billboard. | License
![MALI. Segue-les-Pierres. Young girls use flower petals as make-up. 2002.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/12_PAR242057.jpg)
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MALI. Segue-les-Pierres. 2002. Young girls use flower petals as make-up. | License
![MALI. Segue-les-Pierres. At sunset, wind blows in a curtain. 2002.](https://abbasphotos.org/wp-content/uploads/13_PAR242058.jpg)
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MALI. Segue-les-Pierres. 2002. At sunset, wind blows into a room. | License
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INDIA. Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi. After a dip in the river Ganges, women pilgrims dry their saris. | License
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NEPAL. Bhaktapur. 2011. A goat is sacrificed during Deo Puja, when young girls, in colourful dress, "marry" a mel tree fruit. Its blood feeds the family god on its altar. | License
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PAKISTAN. 1988. A Pakistani woman wearing the nigab (Islamic veil) with her daughter. | License
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IRAN. Tehran. 1997. Traditional tea house in Darband, on the slopes of Mount Elborz which dominate the capital. | License
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MALI. Djenne. 1988. The great mosque, built in 1906-7 in the Sudanese style, using dried mud. | License
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For over 50 years, I have journeyed through a world in the making, covering wars and conflicts, famines and miseries. A world that I see and transcribe into black and white.
During these trips, dazzled by colour, I sometimes left black and white to photograph in colour the little moments that were unrelated to my reports or essays. Those lost moments that are the salt of life.