Fine Print: Friday prayer at the Al Azhar college, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1989 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) clarity and consistency of thought

clarity and consistency of thought

he devoted much of his working life to looking for order and tranquility in traditional culture

He travelled to the Soviet Union in 1958

Le Querrec says: “I seek to recount the lives of musicians

Fine Print: Friday prayer at the Al Azhar college, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1989 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) clarity and consistency of thoughtDescribing 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