Tavakolian was born in 1981 in Tehran, where she now works and lives. A self-taught photographer, she began working at 16 in the photo archive of the women’s daily newspaper, Zan and later with nine reformist dailies (all since banned). She currently works freelance mainly for international media. Since 2002,Newsha has worked for many foreign press agencies, including Reuters and is widely travelled. She is currently represented by the Polaris photo agency and her photographs have been published in Time, Newsweek, Stern, Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Colors magazine, Le Figaro, Le Monde, and NRC Handelsblad. Newsha is also a member of Evephotographers, an all women international photo group.
Tavakolian has taken part in many successful group exhibitons here in Tehran whilst her international group shows include "30 years of Solitude", New Hall, Cambridge University (2007), and 'Made in Tehran' exhibition in the Cicero gallery in Berlin, Germany. She has recieved many awards for her work including runner-up for the Picture of the Year award 2003. In 2006 she was selected for the World Press Photo Masterclass in Amsterdam. In the same year her long-term project, "Iran: Women in the Axis of Evil", was awarded a prize by the All Roads National Geographic Society and exhibited in Los Angeles and Washington D.C. In 2007 she was a finalist for the Inge Morath award, from the Magnum
agency.

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Mother of Martyr Newsha Tavakolian