AIt is more than 15 years that I am working professionally in the field of Documentary photography. It started as a skill and job but gently became a model of thinking and lifestyle.
I am working on three parts all along: photographing, educating, and writing on photography. Here I would refer to some activities I have done in each one.
PPhotography
Part
Working as a fixed photographer in the largest Iranian Newspaper Hamshahri 2004/2006, publishing works in photojournalism journals such as Digital journalist magazine or Piel de foto in Barcelona, Working as documentary photo director in Irna news Agency 2013/2016, Selected photographer by World Press Photo for participation in Joop Swart Masterclass 2009, involving in photo festivals like Chobi Mela festival of photography 2010, publishing officially a photography book titled the Cherry Orchard 2016
AIt is more than 15 years that I am working professionally in the field of Documentary photography. It started as a skill and job but gently became a model of thinking and lifestyle.
I am working on three parts all along: photographing, educating, and writing on photography. Here I would refer to some activities I have done in each one.
Photography Part
Working as a fixed photographer in the largest Iranian Newspaper Hamshahri 2004/2006, publishing works in photojournalism journals such as Digital journalist magazine or Piel de foto in Barcelona, Working as documentary photo director in Irna news Agency 2013/2016, Selected photographer by World Press Photo for participation in Joop Swart Masterclass 2009, involving in photo festivals like Chobi Mela festival of photography 2010, publishing officially a photography book titled the Cherry Orchard 2016
I am photographer and writer in documentary field, and I have been focused on pedagogy of documentary thinking. I live between the academy and the professional world, I live at this gap. My goal is to make a bridge in between: Theory and practice.
EEducation
Part
Teaching photo workshops in different parts of Iran, organizing intensive documentary photo workshops for Iranian professional photographers, and connect them to international media and art platforms, and international photography schools. From the workshops that I did or organized, several photographers have been introduced to the international level and received a scholarship to follow their dreams on the long road.
Publishing Documentary photography book in 2013, it was the first book that an Iranian wrote about education, analyzing and critic in documentary photography with international standards, until then all photography books were translations. It was one of the bestseller books in photography in Iran and five times republished and then by readers was illegally published on the Internet.
WWriting
Part
I wrote my third book in 2021, the title is Alternative documentary photography. I would publish it here as an e eBook free for all Persian or Farsi speaking all over the world, in behalf of its content to write history in the territory that there so many issues need to think of, and need to be covered photographically.
I would introduce this book and its chapters in English here.
This book will complete my previous books experiences and take further steps toward understanding, learning, and criticizing documentary photography in the time. it has two parts: Theory and Practice.
I give lectures or presentations about my works, research, and books in photography schools, universities such as Minarsinan University of art in Istanbul, or in photo festivals such as the Kolga photo festival in Tbilisi, or online presentations such as photographic. reflection seminar in Barcelona.