Fine Print: Chanel fashion show, Paris, France, 1986 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) In an unusually intimate portrait

In an unusually intimate portrait

I’m the guy who got assigned to go and shoot The Beatles in Jamaica and managed to arrive the day after they left

Edited by Magnum photographer Peter van Agtmael and Professor Laura Wexler

I would like to thank you for your hospitality

He also shot four films for Japanese

Fine Print: Chanel fashion show, Paris, France, 1986 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) In an unusually intimate portraitDescribing 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