Lake Urmia is the largest saltwater lake in northwest Iran
The water level of the lake has decreased significantly in recent decades and by 2022, 95% of the lake has dried up
A new study by several researchers in North America shows that the drought only caused a 5% decrease in precipitation in the lakes catchment area and that human factors include ambitious water-economic development projects along with the construction of a 15-kilometer highway on the lake with a small 1/2 valve Kilometer has brought the situation of the lake to a crisis that they used the mountain near the lake to build it
Beginning of artistic activities since 2000
Freelance photographer based in Tehran
Awards awards
Winner of the top prize of the American Poy Competition (Environmental Vision section) 2022
Winner of the Landscape section of the Sony-England 2022 World Photography Awards
Winner of the Landscape section of the Sony - UK 2021 World Photography Awards
Winner of the International Focus Photography Awards Competition - Albania 2021
Winner of the Photography and Literature Festival - Austria 2022
Winner of the big competition felix schoeller photo award 2021 Germany 2022
Finalist of the London Street Photography Festival - London 2021
Honorary diploma from the Orhan Holding International Photo Contest 2021
Finalist of the Montier France International Photo Contest France 2021
Second place in Documentary TV Festival - Iran 2021
Selected for the 14th Fajr Visual Arts Festival - Iran 2022
Nominated for the award of the fifth press photo badge of the year - Iran 2021
Second place in the Orhan Holding 2020 International Photo Contest
Ribbon of honor for the Cina - Italy 2020 match
Special appreciation of the jury in the 29th International Railway Photography Competition - Spain 2018
And more than 100 other awards from national and international festivals 2010-2022
