Portraits of a Genocide

• Photographer
  Myriam Abdelaziz, United States
• Website
  http://www.myriamabdelaziz.com

Rwanda genocide survivors that were physically mutilated

Myriam Abdelaziz is an Egyptian / Swiss / French Free lance Documentary Photographer.

Born in Cairo, she grew up in Geneva before moving to Cairo for the first time in 1987 and then to Paris in 1996. She speaks fluently Arabic, French and English.

Myriam received her BA in Political Science from the American University in Cairo and a Master in Journalism from Paris X University.
After starting a career in International Communication in Paris, Myriam moved to New York to focus on photography. She graduated from the International Center of Photography and has been based in New York since 2005.

She is currently mainly working on stories in Africa and the Middle East but is available for assignment worldwide.

Millennium Images and Redux syndicate her work.

Awards • 500 Photographers by Pieter Wisse, 2012
• Honorable Mention, International Photography Award, Lucie Award, USA, 2009
• Honorable Mention, National Photography Competition, The Camera Club of New York, USA, December 2009
• Winner Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Canada, 2009
• Finalist Photsoc Contest, International Social Photography Festival,, France, 2008
• Review Santa Fe, Center, Santa Fe, USA, 2008
• Nominee, New York Photo Festival Award, USA,2008
• Johnson & Johnson Fellowship, USA, 2008
• Honorable Mention, PX3 Competition, France, 2008
• Selected, AP # 24, New York, USA, 2008
• Eddie Adams workshop, New York, USA, 2007
• Chosen, AP #23, New York, USA, 2007
• Finalist, La Bourse du Talent #32: Le Portrait Dans Tous Ses Etats, Paris, France, 2007
• Finalist, PhotoEspana, Madrid, Spain 2007