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Baghdad in the 1980s
In the period of the Iraq - Iran war taking photographs in the public was risky and banned in some areas.  In the that period Rifat Chadirji who was at that time Counsellor to the Mayoralty of Baghdad hired a propeller aircraft and started documenting Baghdad in an unprecedented collection of photographs. 

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The Rifat Chadriji Prize for Architecture is part of Tamayouz Excellence Award - All images © 2016 Rifat Chadirji Photography
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  • Rifat Chadirji
    • Galleries >
      • Rifat Chadirji Works
      • Sketches
      • Social Life in Iraq
      • Baghdad in 1980s
  • The Rifat Chadirji Prize
  • PAST COMPETITIONS
    • 2020 >
      • Winners
    • 2019 >
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      • Ceremony
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