{"id":6449,"date":"2012-01-05T13:20:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T21:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2025-08-23T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T19:00:37","slug":"8-year-old-professional-photographer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/","title":{"rendered":"8-Year-Old Professional Photographer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/hashim-8-takes-pictures-at-al-mutanabi-street-in-baghdad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6450\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-001-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Qamar Hashim &#8211; 8 years with a unique talent of photography has become a national celebrity due to this, Qamar has several photographs to his credit &amp; many of his photographs are displayed in prominent exhibits in Baghdad, He started this art at the age of four &amp; today he is the youngest certified photographer in iraq,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/hashim-8-takes-pictures-of-a-man-performing-a-mime-at-al-mutanabi-street-in-baghdad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6451\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6451\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-002.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-002-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Qamar has inherited this art from father who is also a photo journalist, he started taking pictures of the Tigris river, birds, old houses, and places of historical importance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/8-year-old-professional-photographer-003\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6452\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-003.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-003-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iraqi government presented Qamar with a digital camera as a token of appreciation after he clicked a picture of the Mayor of Baghdad &amp; that was his first Digital Camera!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/hashim-8-walks-along-al-mutanabi-street-in-baghdad\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6453\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6453\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-004.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-004-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/8-year-old-professional-photographer-005\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6454\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"388\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-005.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-005-500x323.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/8-year-old-professional-photographer-006\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6455\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-006.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-006-500x666.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/8-year-old-professional-photographer\/8-year-old-professional-photographer-007\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6456\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-007.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/8-Year-Old-Professional-Photographer-007-500x666.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=67srffRXUFQ<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/photographers-blog\/2011\/12\/22\/iraqs-youngest-photographer-reflects\/\" target=\"_blank\">reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qamar Hashim &#8211; 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