CV – selected work

CONTACT iman.aldabbagh@gmail.com | Saudi photographer and photojournalist from and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (& LA) | LANGUAGES Arabic, English, Armenian | CLIENTS New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, Apple, Zeit, Spiegel, The Sunday Times, Financial Times, GEO, Inc., Runner’s World, PRI, Vice Arabia, etc | MEMBER/CONTRIBUTOR  Women Photograph | The Journal | Diversify | EverydayProject: @EverydayMiddleEast + @EverydayAmericanMuslim Jahanamiya 

GRANTS/AWARDS
2019    Selected Women Photograph + Nikon USA grant
2019    Nominee World Press Photo Joop Swart
2018    Selected Women Photograph Year in Pictures
2018    Selected for the New York Times Portfolio Review
2017    Shortlisted, Women Photograph + Pulitzer Center Grant
2016    Selected, Magnum Foundation/Prince Claus Fund/AFAC for Arab Doc Photo Program 
2012    The Art of Photography Show, USA

PUBLISHED ASSIGNMENTS
2020    Lockdown Travel Diaries (P41), UNESCO Magazine
2020    Unveiling Hidden da Vinci/Saudi The Wall Street Journal
2020    Through the Eyes of Women Washington Post
2020    Transformed Saudi Berlingske Magazine
2020    Ramadan Like No Other/Coronavirus The New York Times
2020    Saudi Law Granted Women New Freedoms The New York Times  
2020    US Forces Return to Saudi Arabia The Wall Street Journal
2020    Middle East’s demographic earthquake Financial Times
2020    Coffeehouses Culture Saudi The New York Times
2019    وجوه ومشاهد من مهرجان “ميدل بيست” الرياض Vice Arabia 
2019    Saudi Pensacola Gunman, The New York Times
2019    Women Break Free from Black Abaya Wall Street Journal  
2019    Bloomberg/PoliticalWeek (SFGate + TheTelegraph + ThePrint)
2019    Zeit Magazin
2019    The Face of New Saudi Arabia Gulf Business
2019    Libertad al volante El País Semanal
2019    Saudíes tren del desierto El País
2019    Saudi Comedy PRI’s The World
2019    Saudi Women Cyclicts PRI’s The World  
2019    Saudi Tourism PRI’s The World
2019    Gender Equality not yet Mainstream in Saudi PRI’s The World
2019    Physique57 opens in Saudi Inc Magazine
2018   “I can’t believe I’m in Saudi Arabia” New York Book Reviews
2018    Saudi launches a new industry: Fun The Los Angeles Times
2018    Defying a Cultural Taboo, Saudi Women Run…  Runner’s World
2018    Women in Saudi… newfound freedom..? Sunday Times Magazine
2018    All Hail Saudi’s First Female Ride-App Drivers Wall Street Journal
2018    Autofahren bedeutet Unabhängigkeit Der Spiegel
2018    Saudi Lifts Ban on Women Driving The Sunday Times
2018    The Road Ahead Apple
2018    Saudi’s Women Drivers Take Wheel Washington Post
2018    Saudi’s Economic Revamp – More Jobs Wall Street Journal
2018    Saudi Women on the Front Line of Change Washington Post
2018    Saudi Women Driving Forward The Guardian
2018    Kuwait Soldier Marathon Runner’s World
2018    A New Era in Saudi Arabia Der Spiegel
2018    In Saudi, Movies are Haram No Longer Los Angeles Times
2018    كوميك كون جدة Vice
2018    Saudi Women Get Taste of Open Road The Sunday Times
2018    Women in Saudi Will be Ride-App Drivers, Los Angeles Times
2018    Skamlöst i Saudi Re:Public
2018    Boom di palestre femminili in Arabia Saudita IO Donna
2018    Cinema Saudita Corriere Della Sera
2018    Nuove Saudite Corriere Della Sera
2018    As Saudi relaxes, Artists dream — & worry The Washington Post
2017     لأن قِرط واحد لا يكفي Vice
2017    Wenn ihr starker Arm es will Die Zeit
2017    Generation Gulf Die Zeit
2017    What Everyday Life in the ME Looks Like (slides 2 & 6), AFAR magazine
2017    EverydayEgypt Launches Cairo Exhibit, Ahram Online, Egypt
2016    Where is Layla?, Better Photography Magazine (p54)
2015    Obstetric Violence, Human Rights Approach (p36-37), GIRE, Mexico
2015    GEO  International
2015    Eine Frau. Macht Druck, GEO magazine, Germany
2012    Unveiled, Kalimat Magazine

PRESS/FEATURES/INTERVIEWS
2019    Hosted at Mstdfr‘s Azzbda podcast
2019    The Extraordinary Ordinary Everyday Aramco World
2019    Women to Watch (p14) Destination KSA 
2019    فن العيب Miraa
2018    Telling Women’s Stories in Saudi Arab News
2018    BBC Arabic, Dunyana
2017    Arab Creativity & Entrepreneurship Fund
2017    Muslim Female Photographers to Know, Refiney29
2015    Using Instagram to Convey Authentic Vision of ME, Huck magazine
2015    Everyday Middle East (p41), Fact magazine
2014    Quieter Picture of ME Taking Place on Instagram, Huck magazine
2012    The Ever-changing Styles of Iman, Arab News
2012    Guest on That Jeddah Podcast

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019    Barakat Trust opening, UK
2018    Saudi Seen, Dubai
2017    How To Tell When The Rebels Have Won, Beirut
2016    Everyday Projects, Photo Istanbul exhibition, Istanbul
2016    PhonArtSaudi, Riyadh
2015    Middle East Now, Florence
2015    Gulf Photo Plus, Dubai
2014    Photoville, NY
2012    The Art of Photography Show, USA
2011     Art Auction for Humanity, Jeddah
2009    We of the Mountains, Armenian American Art, Pasadena

CONFERENCES/TALKS
2019       Panel Disucussion, Nuqat conference panel, Kuwait City, Kuwait
2019        Speaker at Slidefest (Gulf Photo Plus/Art Jameel) about 3eib Project, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
2013        Speaker, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2009       Speaker, Project Souarna, Cal Poly Pomona University, Pomona, CA, USA

TEACHING/MENTORING/TALKS
2019        Portfolio reviws of local photographers (Art Jameel/Gulf Photo Plus)
2018        New York Times, ‘This is 18’, mentor, Saudi Arabia
2010-14   Photo instructor at International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
2009        Project Souarna, teaching Iraqi and Palestinian kids at Al Wehdat Palestinian refugee camp, Jordan

EDUCATION 2004   BA, Graphic Design, California Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA