Travis Beard
Photographer / Based in beirut
Australian Travis Beard has worked globally as a photojournalist for twelve years. Visiting Afghanistan for the first time in 2001, working in refugee camps in Nimroz. He returned in 2006 to work as Chief Editor of Aina Photojournalism...
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Australian Travis Beard has worked globally as a photojournalist for twelve years. Visiting Afghanistan for the first time in 2001, working in refugee camps in Nimroz. He returned in 2006 to work as Chief Editor of Aina Photojournalism Agency.
In 2007, he moved into video-journalism. Ultimately, he founded Argus Productions, which provides numerous media services in Afghanistan.
With David Gill and Humayun Zadran, he created Combat Communications, an umbrella group for Afghan artists. In 2009, they organized the Wallords graffiti workshop in Kabul, the first of its kind in the country.
He’s an Advisor for the Afghan women-focused organisation M2M (Mountain to Mountain).
He was a co-founder of Skateistan, and is co-founder of the Kabul Knights Motorcycle Club.
He organised the country’s first alternative arts festival; Sound Central hosted in 2011/12/13. He brought the UK initiative Secret Cinema and Future Shorts Film Festival to Afghanistan in
2012.
He performs as guitarist for the first ex-pat rock band in Kabul: White City, who in 2014 were invited to SXSW festival in Austin Texas and they will do a US tour to promote their debut album; Landlocked.
He is in the process of completing a feature length documentary about the music scene in Afghanistan called Martyrs of Metal.
In April 2014 he completed a project; 2014 Presidential Election Anthem Contest, a song contest for Afghan youth with the theme of participation.
His most recent work has been editing videos of UN-Habitat and GIZ Afghanistan. As well as working as a festival coordinator at the Beirut and Beyond International Music Festival.
In 2007, he moved into video-journalism. Ultimately, he founded Argus Productions, which provides numerous media services in Afghanistan.
With David Gill and Humayun Zadran, he created Combat Communications, an umbrella group for Afghan artists. In 2009, they organized the Wallords graffiti workshop in Kabul, the first of its kind in the country.
He’s an Advisor for the Afghan women-focused organisation M2M (Mountain to Mountain).
He was a co-founder of Skateistan, and is co-founder of the Kabul Knights Motorcycle Club.
He organised the country’s first alternative arts festival; Sound Central hosted in 2011/12/13. He brought the UK initiative Secret Cinema and Future Shorts Film Festival to Afghanistan in
2012.
He performs as guitarist for the first ex-pat rock band in Kabul: White City, who in 2014 were invited to SXSW festival in Austin Texas and they will do a US tour to promote their debut album; Landlocked.
He is in the process of completing a feature length documentary about the music scene in Afghanistan called Martyrs of Metal.
In April 2014 he completed a project; 2014 Presidential Election Anthem Contest, a song contest for Afghan youth with the theme of participation.
His most recent work has been editing videos of UN-Habitat and GIZ Afghanistan. As well as working as a festival coordinator at the Beirut and Beyond International Music Festival.