Iran

Elahe Esmaili is an award-winning filmmaker. Her films include The Doll, Can I Hug You?, and A Move. Her work has been recognized by the Critics Choice Awards, the International Documentary...

Jalal Shamsazaran is an internationally renowned photographer based in Tabriz, Iran. He is a self-taught visual storyteller and in the past decade, he has majorly worked on humanitarian and climate...

Mehdi Fazllolahi is an Iranian documentary and street photographer who focuses on social documentary. Fazllolahi received a Bachelor of Art in graphic design and his images have been published in...

Yasaman Dehmiyani is an Iranian photojournalist based in Tehran. She received a Bachelor of Art in Photography and soon after, began working in the Iranian news industry. Since 2016, her major focus...

Mehran Mafibordbar is a documentary photographer and instructor, based in the city of Qazvin, Iran. He has a Bachelor of Art with a major in Graphic Design. Since 2007, Mafibordbar has documented...

Ali Sooteh is an Iranian photojournalist, based in Rasht, Iran. Since 2002, he has worked with various local news agencies and dailies such as Tasnim and Hamshahri. From 2013, he has gradually shifted...

Hamed Barchian is an Iranian photojournalist, based in Gorgan, Iran. From 1989 to 2012, and as a self though photographer, he worked with major local Iranian news agencies and dailies, such as...

Kianoush Saadati is a documentary photographer and visual researcher with a focus on humanitarian issues. He was born on August 12th, 1990 in Gorgan, Iran, and holds an MSc. in Applied Chemistry...

Mahdi Barchian is a documentary photographer based in Gorgan, Iran. By early 2010, Mahdi started his journey of visual storytelling as a freelancer. In 2017, he joined NVP Images, the Canadian photo...

Reza Sayah is a journalist currently based in Tehran, Iran. Reza worked for Al Jazeera, and was CNN's correspondent based in Cairo where he covered the Middle East and North Africa. Prior to his...

Ako Salemi is the 2016 Persephone Miel Fellow. He was born in 1981 in Bukan, Kurdistan, Iran. Since 2006 he has worked as a photojournalist for several Iranian newspapers. He documents stories on...