On Wednesday, October 15th Moises Saman received a W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund that will allow him to continue his project concerning his past coverage of Arab Spring events.
Since 2011 Saman has spent considerable time on assignment in multiple hotspots: Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syrian, Lebanon and Iraq. He's now had a chance to step back and reassess the imagery he accumulated during his many trips and is editing with Daria Birang.

In his interview with The New Yorker, Saman said:
“For me, the editing process for an assignment is very different from that when I’m editing a longer narrative. A book in particular needs rhythm, and, as such, I felt that 'Discordia' needed to incorporate the quieter pictures that are sometimes overlooked because they capture moments just before or after the main event. The aim was to literally cut out the subject from the context of the photograph and focus on the theatrical body language and expression rather than to look for the best single image that captured the action."


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