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Iranian photojournalist Sasan Moayyedi has been behind a camera for 38 years.
He began working in his hometown of Tehran and has now published eight books of photography and his images have appeared in hundreds of exhibitions. Aside from still images, 56-year-old Moayyedi is also producing a number of documentary films. He has been photographing the Kurdish people for more than 10 years.
His career has brought him close to war and death, and he says he's seen his fill. Moayyedi was one of the first journalists to document Saddam Hussein's chemical attack on the Kurdish city of Halabja in 1988, and he is responsible for some of the tragedy's most iconic images.
More recently, he traveled to the Syrian city of Kobane to witness the devastation of the ethnically Kurdish area. The experience moved him deeply.
"I hope I live to see Kobane rebuilt," Moayyedi said.
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