Carole Alfarah
Damascus
Carole Alfarah, an Independent Photographer, uses visual storytelling to cover social and humanitarians matters.
Since 2009 she focused her work on marginalized societies from Syria as well of issues surrounding the youth in Damascus, child labor, and working mothers.
When the Syrian uprising turned into a bloody conflict she worked on a personal documentary project from 2012 until 2015 titled “My Beloved Broken Home”, that tells silent testimonies from the shadow of Syria's war and shows the memories of the persons and places affected by war.
Like millions of other Syrians, Carole was displaced with her family while escaping the conflict. During 2015, she started working on individual stories from the life of Syrian refugees.
Carole is currently working on a multimedia project, titled 'Starting Anew Away From Home', tells deep stories of Syrian refugees persons and families, who after a long and dangerous journey made it to a safe land in Europe, where they're trying to set up their life from the beginning.
In addition, she followed a one-year training in photojournalism by the World Press Photo Foundation from 2009- 2010.
In 2014 she was selected to attend the NOOR masterclass in Documentary Photography. In 2015-2016 she followed a master in contemporary photography at EFTI, Madrid _ Spain.
In 2011 she won the UNICEF prize for Arab Media Award on Child Rights. In 2015 she received the Roberto Villagraz grant offered by EFTI (Centro Internacional de Fotografía y Cine), on her project 'My Beloved Broken Home’.
In 2016 she won an award given by IWMF 'International Women's Media Foundation’, on her project Starting Anew Away From Home.
Carole's work has been featured in numerous press publications and NGOs worldwide.
2011 - UNICEF prize for Arab Media Award , 2015 - Roberto Villagraz grant, 2016 - 'International Women's Media Foundation’ Award
- Arts
- Audio capture
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Editorial
- Events
- Interview
- Military embed
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video capture
- Video editing
- Arabic
- English
- Spanish
- French
My Beloved Broken Home
Carole Alfarah
Raw sewage floods a street in old Homs after a month of heavy fighting between the Syrian Army Forces and armed Syrian rebels. Homs, Syria, 2014.
My Beloved Broken Home
Carole Alfarah
People surround the hearse transporting the coffin of 19-year-old Maria Kahla, who was killed with her father and her two friends in a suicide car bombing as they were heading to university early morning in a Damascus neighborhood. Damascus, Syria, 2012.
My Beloved Broken Home
Carole Alfarah
A damaged photograph of a couple at their wedding day hangs on a charred wall inside a destroyed apartment after heavy clashes between Syrian Army Forces and armed Syrian rebels. Homs, Syria, 2014.
