2/8/2019 Interview With Reza

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INTERVIEW WITH REZA

Reza, one of the best-known photojournalists in the world, hascaptured the beauty and turmoil of the Middle and Far Eastfor National Geographic, Newsweek,  and Time. Photography assignments:Photography assignments:  

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"I have to get out before sunrise. It gives you a very nice feelingand understanding of the people and of the place, if you are upvery early. And you see little by little how everything is wakingup—everything is blooming, people are coming to work, so youfeel a little bit that you know them. You have seen themgrowing. It is a very strange feeling, but you get immediately agrasp on the culture, civilization even if it’s very different thanyours. It’s very important," he says. When he was a child:When he was a child: "I wanted to change the whole world—to make everythingbeautiful, to have every child laughing, and no poor in thecountry. I had a Utopian idea—it came to me even when I was asmall kid—a place where everyone had something to eat, to bedressed correctly, to have shelter, and no need for money tobuy things, but just get the things you need," he told NG Kids. JOB: Photographer and humanitarian GREW UP IN: Iran FAVORITE PASTIME AS A KID: Trying to change the world andmake everything beautiful and everyone happy. HEROES: People I meet everyday. One of my heroes was a littlegirl in Sarajevo who was selling dolls during the war. She setup a table and was selling her dolls to help her family. TYPICAL DAY: It always starts before sunrise. Whateverhappens if I am photographing nature, or cities, I have to getout before sunrise, to see everything wake up.

FOR FUN: I joke a lot. BEST ADVICE: Do something that you really believe in. TRAVEL GEAR: Camera FAVORITE PLACE TO EXPLORE: Where I am right now HOW CAN KIDS HELP: What I am doing now is the mostimportant thing I have to do in my life. Do the important things.

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