Fine Print: Man under a table in the desert, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 1984 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) That’s all there was to

That’s all there was to it

often shooting in colour

” recalls Sobol

a three million square kilometer republic in northeastern Siberia

Alongside photography

Fine Print: Man under a table in the desert, State of Guerrero, Mexico, 1984 Paper size:20 x 24 in (50 x 60 cm) That’s all there was toDescribing 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