I’m excited to announce my upcoming intensive workshops at The International Center of Photography in New York City called The Woman Photojournalist, on January 30& 31 and February 6 & 7: http://www.icp.org/atf/cf/%7BA0B4EE7B-5A90-

Masked women take a break after shopping at the weekly open-air market.
Here are some exciting programs I’m doing over the next couple of months:

*NOVEMBER*

As part of Foto Week DC and the Newseum’s exhibition on the 20th anniversary of the fall of t

Berlin Wall Photo Gallery
Photographs ©Alexandra Avakian/Contact Press Images

Fall of Berlin Wall, 11/1989.
West Germans at the wall. E. German border guards on top of wall, before the fall.
West Germans attack the wall. East German border guards on

Self-portrait
Hi everybody,

Check out my story on today’s New York Times Lens. It was shot by me, my husband and son, and nurses. It is posted in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, because I know that many millions of women and their families co

Catch my slide shows, and stories from Windows of the Soul this fall:

At the 2009 Fall for the Book Festival, Tuesday September 22 at 7:30pm. Join me at the Johnson Center Cinema on George Mason University’s Fairfax, Virginia Campus.
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A photo from the exhibit Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World, based on my book published by National Geographic
Hello again from Visa pour L’image international photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France. Visa pour L’image is one of

Jean-Francois Leroy, Director and Founder of Visa Pour L’Image on the staircase of Hotel Pams, Perpignan, France
Hello from lovely Perpignan in the south of France, where I am honored to have an exhibition at the renowned international photojournalism

I’ll be at Visa pour l’Image – the premier International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France. Stay tuned for updates from the festival and news about my exhibit

Check out NPR’s Picture Show today, featuring Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World
by photojournalist Alexandra Avakian, published by Focal Point/National Geographic.

TIME.com now features the book Windows of the Soul: My Journeys in the Muslim World, by Alexandra Avakian, published by National Geographic.