Barat Ali Batoor () is a professional freelancer photographer from Afghanistan. He started his professional career in 2002. Early life and photography Barat Ali Batoor was born in 1983, to a family Hazara in Afghanistan. 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. See also List of Hazara people References External links 1983 births Living people Hazara people Hazara artists Photography in Afghanistan