Barat Ali Batoor () is a professional freelancer photographer from Afghanistan. He started his professional career in 2002,Barat Ali Batoor and is a double Walkley-Award-winning photojournalist and reporter.https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
Early life Barat Ali Batoor was born in 1983 in a Hazara family.
Career After publishing a piece in the Washington Post exposing the trade of underage prostitution in his homeland of Afghanistan, Batoor became the target of death threats and was forced to flee his country.https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
He took part in the documentary photography project funded by the Open Society Institute. A photograph titled 'The First Day at Sea' he took of a boat journey to Australia won the prestigious 2013 Nikon-Walkley Photo of the Year.
Exhibitions June to October 2024: "Searching For Sanctuary: A Journey of Survival " - State Library Victoria, Melbourne; presented as part of the RISING: festival.https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/sanctuary, Retrieved 2024-06-15.https://2024.rising.melbourne/program/barat-ali-batoor, Retrieved 2024-06-15.
See also List of Hazara people
References
External links Searching for Sanctuary: A journey of survival by Barat Ali Batoor at the State Library Victoria, Melbourne