
Rena Effendi
@rena_effendi
Photographer, writer and filmmaker @natgeo @insidenatgeo
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http://www.refendi.com 13-10-2011 12:20:23
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The Edward Stanford Award 2024 Shortlist is finally here! Congratulations to all the incredible Authors that are Shortlisted for The Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year Award šš Mary Colwell Leon McCarron Tom Parfitt Tim Hannigan Ghaith Alice Albinia




In what was once Nagorno Karabkah, the environment has become both a victim and weapon of war. Rena Effendi and I spent a week there untangling the claims and counter-claims, with funding from the wonderful Pulitzer Center. Our piece for Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/27/nagā¦

A story I photographed with text by Hannah Lucinda Smith The Land That Was Once Nagorno-Karabakh - A contested environmental legacy looms over three decades of conflict. foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/27/nagā¦


In April's Monocle Magazine, Rena Effendi and I travel the route of the Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway, tracing shifting relations in the Caucasus. The only problem: none of it is possible to travel by train. monocle.com/magazine/issueā¦


What an enchanting story from Ben Hubbard and Ivor Prickett A Stork, a Fisherman and Their Unlikely Bond Enchant Turkey nytimes.com/2024/03/30/worā¦


Thrilled to see that "Looking for Satyrus", my personal quest in search of a rare butterfly named after my father, which inhabits the war border between Azerbaijan and Armenia, is recognized in this year's World Press Photo contest! worldpressphoto.org/collection/phoā¦


After I was assaulted, I posted a photo of my injuries. The reaction I craved was not pity, but anger by Rena Effendi theguardian.com/world/ng-interā¦

In this weekās The Guardian Long Read I wrote the story of my assault in Cairo, more here: theguardian.com/world/ng-interā¦

My The Guardian Long Read on violence against women and sharing my own experience with it, now available in podcast format, listen here: theguardian.com/news/audio/202ā¦

Check out the story I photographed about the Rose Festival in Moroccoās Kelaat Māgouna for National Geographic nationalgeographic.com/science/articl⦠#culture #roses #travel


