I am an award-winning documentary photographer with a background in philosophy and a deep interest in human stories shaped by migration, identity, and resistance. Originally from Iran and now based in Berlin, I’ve spent the past ten years using photography as a way to observe, reflect, and connect with people especially those living in spaces of tension, invisibility, or change.
Selected Awards & Recognitions
2024 | Selected for VII Academy Portfolio Review
2024 | Selected for Hamburg Portfolio Review
2024 | Selected for Kranj Foto Fest Portfolio Review
2023 | Project My Name is Fear exhibited at PRL Director's Cut, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 | Work selected for See Zeen Magazine
2022 | Recipient of the International Documentary Photography Scholarship for My Name is Fear
2021 | Scholarship from VII Academy to attend workshop with Anush Babajanyan
2021 | Finalist for HOME '21 International Photography Prize, LensCulture – Jurors' Pick
2021 | Work published in Przekroj Magazine, Poland
2021 | Finalist at Fotofestiwal, with solo exhibition in Łódź
2021 | Selected for FORMAT21 Festival
2020 | Finalist at DFA Online Portfolio Walk with My Name is Fear
2020 | Two Covid-19 images published in VII Academy: Amplifying Student Voices Week 9/10
2020 | Scholarship from VII Academy for No Man’s Land workshop with Linda Bournane Engelberth
2020 | Honorable Mention, 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Open Theme Category
2020 | Project published in Matriz – Woman Artists
2020 | Project published in Wall Gallery
2018 | Project published in Burn Magazine
2018 | Single image selected by Cortona On The Move Festival
2018 | Recipient of SHEED Grant (Independent Iranian Social Photography Grant)
2016 | 1st Place, Meshgin Shahr Photography Festival, Iran
2016 | Participant in three group exhibitions, Tabriz, Iran
2016 | Completed Elementary & Supplementary Photography Courses, Provincial Society of Artistic Photography, Tabriz, Iran
