Muhammed Muheisen
Bio
Muhammed Muheisen er en verdenskjent fotograf. Han er to ganger vinner av Pulitzerprisen, fotojournalist og Explorer for National Geographic, grunnlegger og styreleder for den nederlandske ideelle organisasjonen Everyday Refugees Foundation, samt global ambassadør for Jordan Tourism Board og Canon. I 2013 ble han kåret til Årets beste nyhetsfotograf av TIME Magazine, og i 2023 mottok han National Geographic Wayfinder Award.
Muheisens innflytelsesrike arbeid har blitt stilt ut over hele verden, og fanger inn kampene til fordrevne samfunn og flyktningkrisen de siste to tiårene.
Nylig ble livet og prestasjonene hans portrettert i National Geographic-dokumentaren Finding the Light, som nå strømmes på Disney+ og Hulu.
My Journey
Whenever there is a war, there is a life next to it; whenever there is a funeral on the right, there is a baby just being born on the left.
Half of my life, I have been traveling the world with my camera to document stories that matter, stories of hope, stories of courage, and stories of resilience. Stories of people who were forced to leave their homes and hopes, their families and memories behind, and search for a new safe home. Nobody leaves their home unless they are forced to leave their homes, and this is what I try to show in my images.
With my photographs, I want to spread awareness, I want to change stereotypes, and most importantly, I want to raise the voice of the people that I photograph as these and never just pictures; these are voices, these are messages, and these are testimonies that live forever and forever. If something happened and was never documented, it is like it never occurred.
My Journey, two and a half decades documenting war, destruction, human misery, and the resilience of those who got caught in the middle of it. Even amid conflict, life never stops but keeps going. Life goes on.
Muhammed Muheisen