Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari

Zoyari in 2014

Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari also known as Moe Zoyari[1] (born 24 June 1986) is an Iranian-American photographer, who won the distinguish international award of Pictures of the Year International Award of Excellence[2] at the age of 21.

Biography

Zoyari worked for United Press International,[3] and the BBC from 2005 to 2015. He started his work as a photographer at the age of 14. After covering Iran's nuclear program, earthquakes, and political turmoil, he covered events in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. His photographs have been published in Newsweek,[4] Time,[5] and Le Figaro.[6] Zoyari left Iran for good after the turbulent aftermath of Iranian presidential election, 2009 and went to Afghanistan for 44 days to be an embedded journalist with the U.S. Army, and is now based in Chicago, IL. He is a represented by Redux Pictures at the moment, and is a photography writer for Deutsche Welle.[7]

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications


References

  1. ↑ Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari. "Moe Zoyari". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Winners Gallery: General News Reporting: Award of Excellence, Pictures of the Year International
  3. ↑ UPI, United Press International, accessed 2015-12-30
  4. ↑ Photo was published on front page of Newsweek magazine
  5. ↑ Tha Hajj Goes High-Tech accessed 2015-12-30]
  6. ↑ Iran: comment vont les femmes?, accessed 2015-12-31]
  7. ↑ Photography school page managed by Zoyari on Deutsche Welle, accessed 2015-12-30
  8. ↑ "Award Of Excellence Mohammad Kheirkhah United Press International". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  9. ↑ Photos on Photo District News PDN
  10. ↑ Photo Exhibition of Forgotten Colors in Sunnyvale Public Library
  11. ↑ News about the exhibition on Akkasee.com
  12. ↑ News about the exhibition on CHN.com
  13. ↑ Perpetual War for Peace
  14. ↑ 30 years of Iranian documentary photography, accessed 2015-12-30]
  15. ↑ News about the exhibition on BBCPersian.com
  16. ↑ Photo book of Exile

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