Fine Print: Mujahid guard, Near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) Raymond Depardon began taking photographs

Raymond Depardon began taking photographs on his family farm in Garet at the tender age of 12

” And I borrowed his Leica

“The blow was monumental

Maude Callen

Fine Print: Mujahid guard, Near Kabul, Afghanistan, 1992 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) Raymond Depardon began taking photographsDescribing himself as a historian of the present, Abbas dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. The result of a process described by Abbas as writing with light, his images occupy a niche that spans both photojournalism