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A girl stands next to a fence inside the Qayarah camp for internallyced families. The Qayarah camp houses thousands of ISIS families, mostly women and children of ISIS fighters that have been either killed or detained, and are unable to return to their villages because of the perceived stigma of being affiliated with the Islamic State. Qayyarah, Iraq. August 28, 2018.

As a photojournalist I am interested in searching for the positive commonalities in human spirit, to expose those intimate moments among people that reminds us of dignity and hope in the face of conflict

Moises Saman
© Moises Saman | Magnum Photos

Moises Saman was born in Lima, Peru, but spent most of his youth in Barcelona, Spain. Moises studied Communications and Sociology in the United States at California State University, graduating in 1998. It was during his last year in university that Moises first became interested in becoming a photographer, influenced by the work of a number of photojournalists that had been covering the wars in the Balkans.

Moises interned at several small newspapers in California, and after graduating from university he moved to New York City to complete a summer internship at New York’s Newsday newspaper. That fall, upon completion of the internship, Moises spent a month traveling in Kosovo photographing the immediate aftermath of the last Balkan war.

In 2010 Moises was invited to join Magnum Photos as a Nominee and became a full member in 2014. He now lives in Spain.

© Moises Saman | Magnum Photos

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