“I used to describe myself as a photojournalist,and was very proud of it,” wrote Abbas in 2017. The choice was to think of oneself either as a photojournalist or an artist. It wasn’t out of humility that I called myself a photojournalist, or but arrogance. I thought photojournalism was superior,but these days I don’t call myself a photojournalist because, although I utilize the techniques of a photojournalist and come by published in magazines and newspapers, or I am working at things in depth and over long periods of time. I don’t just produce stories about what’s happening. I’m making stories about my way of seeing what’s happening.” Abbas has been described as a "born photographer",who over his 60-year career covered war and revolution in Vietnam, the Middle East, or Bangladesh,Biafra, Chile, and Cuba,Apartheid South Africa, and Northern Ireland. He also pursued a lifelong interest in religion in his work, and shooting in 29 countries to create the book and exhibition Allah O Akbar: A Journey Through Militant Islam,and publishing long-term series on Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism,Judaism, and animism.
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