Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has won the Prince Claus Award. Prince Constantijn will present the prize to her at a ceremony held in the Amsterdam Royal Palace on December 2nd. Newsha Tavakolian, born in 1981, is one of the first female photojournalists in Iran. According to the Prince Claus Fund, her work ranges from bold reportage of ...

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in the United States has selected several works of Iranian female photographer Newsha Tavakolian for its permanent show. Tavakolians four works from her two series ofListenandThe Day I Became a Womanhave been selected for permanent collection of LACMA. For me she exemplifies a new generation of Iranian artists ...