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Claim your profileSamir Abady is a documentary photographer and photo editor born and based in Queens, New York to Lebanese parents. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in English from St. John’s University (2012), he attended the International Center of Photography for Documentary Photography and Photojournalism (2014), receiving the John and Anna Maria Phillips Foundation Scholarship, and the Eddie Adams Workshop (2017). Since then he has been honored to be selected for American Photography 32 and was a finalist for the portrait prize in Australia's Head On Photo Festival in 2016. He has photographed for The Wall Street Journal, Buzzfeed News, and Fast Company and his work has appeared in Refinery29, The Village Voice, Juxtapoz, and FeatureShoot. He was the Digital Photo Editor at Fast Company for News and Creativity verticals, where he occasionally had the opportunity to write about representation in popular media. He is currently a photo editor of print for The Wall Street Journal.
Photography at The International CenterGraduated: 2014
Bachelors, English at St. John'S UniversityGraduated: 2012