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8-year-old is Iraq’s youngest professional photographer
Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 9:57PM
Qamar Hashim is an award winning photographer from Iraq who has been praised for his images of people in Baghdad… did we mention he's only eight?
The son of a photojournalist, Hashim has now become a celebrity in his own right after becoming the youngest photographer to win a variety of local Iraqi photography awards.
Hashim says he started taking pictures when he was 4-years old, capturing moments such as US troops invading outside his window.
In an interview, describing his favourite pictures he said: "My favorite picture is of a man sleeping who sells books at al-Mutanabi street.
"Also a picture of a bee on a rose, I ran a lot to follow the bee until I got this picture."
The son of a photojournalist, Hashim has now become a celebrity in his own right after becoming the youngest photographer to win a variety of local Iraqi photography awards.
Hashim says he started taking pictures when he was 4-years old, capturing moments such as US troops invading outside his window.
In an interview, describing his favourite pictures he said: "My favorite picture is of a man sleeping who sells books at al-Mutanabi street.
"Also a picture of a bee on a rose, I ran a lot to follow the bee until I got this picture."
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