AFGHANISTAN, HELMAND : A severely wounded US Marine hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) is carried by his comrades to a medevac helicopter of U.S. Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-171 Aviation Regiment to be airlifted in Helmand province on October 31, 2011. The Marine who hit by an IED lost both his legs and fights for his life. All foreign combat troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and will require the Afghan army and police to play an ever-greater role in fighting the Taliban insurgency.
Born in Tehran â?? February 1971
I started photography in 1988, then I commenced the photography course at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University (1991-1997).
I embarked my career as a photojournalist with Iranian newspapers since 1996 and then started internationally working with the France Press Agency (AFP) since 1998 which has been continued till the present time.
I was the board member and Deputy Director of Iranian Photojournalists Association (IPA) in 2008-09.
My pictures have appeared worldwide through AFP in newspapers, websites and magazines as well as, Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Washington Post, Stern, Spiegel, Focus, View, Paris Match, lâ??Express, Le Figaro, Le Point and â?¦
I have covered some of the important events of the Middle East and Asia as well as Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
I am based in Tehran, Iran.
Awards:
2011 - 7th China International Press Photo Contest; Gold Medal - Daily Life Category
2010 - 1st Sheed Award; Best Iranian Documentary Photographer of 2010
2010 - Pictures of The Year International (POY) - USA; Award of Excellence - Civil Defiance Category
1993 - Tehran's Annual Photo Award; 3rd Place
Exhibitions:
2010 - Tehran (Mehrva Gallery).. Individual Show: Dagh; Portraits of Pakistani Acod Survivors
2008 - Tehran ��.................... Group Show: Inner Eye
2005 - Warsaw â?¦.â?¦................ Group Show: Architecture and Theater of Prisons
2005 - Barcelona â?¦................... Group Show: West by East
2004 - New York â?¦.................. Group Show
2004 - Paris ���................... Group Show: 60 Years of AFP Photography
2004 - Tehran â?¦â?¦.................... Group Show: Iranâ??s Photo Bienal
2002 - Nicosia ��.................. Group Show
2002 - Thessaloniki .................... Group Show
2002 - Paris (AFP) ���.. .... Group Show: Afghanistan War
2001 - Paris ���.. ............... Group Show: Une Revoltion Photographique
1996 - Tehran (Tehran Gallery) .. Group Show
