Ashkan Shabani
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| Ashkan Shabani | |
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| Born | |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Ashkan Shabani | |
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| Born | 6 August, 1992 Iran |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Iranian |
| 💼 Occupation | Journalist, Photographer; visual storyteller; video journalist |
| 📆 Years active | 2016–present |
| 🌐 Website | [https://www.ashkanshabani.com |
Ashkan Shabani is an Iranian-born Journalist, photographer, visual storyteller and video journalist based in Germany. His documentary work addresses LGBTQ+ experiences, exile, migration and human rights issues across Iran, Turkey and Europe.[1][2]
Career
Shabani has contributed to news, photo projects, and festivals internationally.[3] His photography has appeared in international outlets including Time, The Atlantic, Die Zeit, Financial Times, The Telegraph, Liberal Magazin, Mannschaft, and others.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Notable projects
- Queer, Life, Freedom — a long-term multimedia project exploring queer identity, exile and survival across Iran, Turkey and Germany; exhibited at Kunstraum Leuphana and Kampnagel.[11][12]
- The Quiet Rise — a photographic essay documenting the resurgence of far-right movements in Germany.[13]
Exhibitions
- 2025 — Queer, Life, Freedom — Archive of Resilience, Kunstraum Leuphana, Lüneburg.[14]
- 2025 — Queer, Life, Freedom, Kampnagel, Hamburg.[15]
- 2024 — Love, Fear, Freedom, GWA St. Pauli, Hamburg.[16]
- 2021 — *Bridge Gallery Presents Highlights of the 2021 ZEKE Award*, Cambridge, MA, USA.[17]
- 2021 — Love, Fear, Freedom, Galeri Mod, Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey.[18]
- 2017 — MyWorld de Blipoint, Matadero, Madrid.[19]
Awards and recognition
- 2021 — ZEKE Award, Social Documentary Network.[20]
- 2022 — LensCulture Portrait Awards, winner.[21]
- Photofrome (Photo Frome) — Unpublished Photobooks finalist.[22]
- Listed in The Dummy Award 2025 catalogue.[23]
- Magnum Photos scholarship recipient (2021) to study with Ed Kashi.[24]
Media coverage
Shabani's work has been featured in or cited by:
- Time[25]
- The Atlantic[26]
- Die Zeit[27]
- Financial Times[28]
- The Telegraph[29]
- Liberal Magazin[30]
- Mannschaft[31]
- Photoville Festival (NYC) — official profile page[32]
External links
- [31] – Official website
References
- ↑ Global Voices ([1] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Good Men Project ([2] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Journalist.net ([3] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Time ([4] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ The Atlantic ([5] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Die Zeit ([6] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Financial Times ([7] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ The Telegraph ([8] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Liberal Magazin ([9] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Mannschaft ([10] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Kunstraum Leuphana ([11] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Kampnagel ([12] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Social Documentary Network ([13] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Kunstraum Leuphana ([14] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Kampnagel ([15] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ GWA St. Pauli ([16] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Bridge Gallery ([17] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Galerimod ([18] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ LuisOnRH (http://www.luisonrh.com/2017/10/evento-myworld-de-blipoint.html accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Social Documentary Network ([19] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ LensCulture ([20] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Photo Frome ([21] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Dummy Award (https://dummyaward.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/DA25_Catalogue-by-Melanie-Mues.pdf accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Global Voices ([22] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Time ([23] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ The Atlantic ([24] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Die Zeit ([25] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Financial Times ([26] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ The Telegraph ([27] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Liberal Magazin ([28] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Mannschaft ([29] accessed 14 August 2025)
- ↑ Photoville ([30] accessed 14 August 2025)
