Mazyar Asadi
Born1979
Tehran, Iran
Educationphotojournalism
Occupation(s)photojournalist, photographer
Years active2010–present
Websitemazyarasadi.com

Mazyar Asadi (Persian: مازیار اسدی; born 1979) is an Iranian photographer who resides in Canada and specializes in photojournalism.

He has received more than 40 awards and trophies from contests including a gold medal in Canada,[1] silver medal in Canada (2015), silver medal in Turkey,[2] and bronze medals in Spain[3] and Turkey.[4] He was awarded ribbons and honorable mention awards from Canada,[5][6] Romania,[7] UK (2014),[8] and Iran.

Early life

Asadi was born in Tehran, Iran. His first work was with major news agencies, websites, and newspapers from 2010. In 2017, he graduated with a BA degree in photojournalism at Tehran News University, in addition to his diploma and Skill Trade Certificates from Iran's Technical and Vocational Training Organization in 2012.

Career

Asadi photographs have been used by news agencies including BBC,[9] The Guardian,[10] Getty Images,[11] Associated Press,[12] CNBC,[13] ABC News,[14] and MSN.[15]

A series of Photo Exhibition by "The Universal Sea" about protecting our sea from pollution, held in the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko (Poland, 22 April 2018), Baltic Sea Helsinki (Finland, 5–6 June 2018), Pristina (Kosovo 9–10 June 2018), Wattern meer World Heritage Site (Germany, 25 July 2018).[16]

Honors and awards

  • 2nd place of the Economics Section, the 7th Doorbin.Net Festival of Photojournalism,[17] 2013, Doorbin, Net Festival, Tehran, Iran
  • 2nd place award and trophy, the 2nd Photo Festival of Protecting Environment,[18] 2013, President office, Tehran, Iran
  • 1st place award and trophy, the 2nd National Photo Festival of Tourism,[19] 2015, National Photo Festival of Tourism, Tehran, Iran
  • 2nd place award and trophy, the 1st Int'l UNESCO Heritage Festival,[20] 2017, UNESCO Heritage, Tehran, Iran
  • 1st place award and trophy, the 1st Roholah Photo contest,[21] 2017, Roholah Photo contest. Isfahan, Iran
  • 1st place award, the 1st "Alef" International Photo Festival,[22] 2018, Tabriz, Iran.
  • 1st place, Merit Award Ribbon, Photojournalism 'Individual' Competition, 2018 from the Canadian Association of Photographic Art (CAPA), Vancouver[23]
  • 1st place award, the 1st "Emam Reza" Mashhad Photo Festival.[24] 2019, Mashhad, Iran.[25][26]
  • Bronzed Medal, 43e TROFEU TORRETES DE FOTOGRAFIA – PHOTOGRAPHY 43th TROPHY TORRETES,[27] 2019, TROFEU TORRETES DE FOTOGRAFIA, Barcelona, Spain
  • FIAP Silver Medal, Orhan Holding International Photography Contest,[2] 2019, 15th Edition, Bursa, Turkey
  • IAAP Gold Medal, Photojournalism section, Toronto International Salon of Photography Contest,[28] 2019, Toronto Camera club, Toronto, Canada
  • 1st place award, the 1st "Ghabe Sorkh" Eslamshahr Photo Festival, 2020, Tehran, Iran.[29]
  • Finalists of the 17th annual Smithsonian photo contest,[30][31][32] 2020, Washington, D.C., United States
  • TFSF Bronze Medal, Orhan Holding International Photography Contest,[33][34] 2020, 16th Edition, Bursa, Turkey

Publications

  • Contributed photos for Zoroastrian religious text book, first,[35] second,[36] third,[37] and fourth[38] grade of primary school.[39][40][41][42]
  • Documentary photo story book Ashura-Day (44-Pg) Cyprus, Nov 2018, Cine-Books[43]
  • Photo in Book The Universal Sea, Pure or Plastic,[44] Mar 2019, The Institute for Art and Innovation
  • Alpine Fellowship, Shortlisted,[45] Mar 2019, The Alpine Fellowship
  • Co-author of Generations / Generazioni,[46] August 2020 Exhibit Around Books in collaboration with the Assostegno Associazione, Italy

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ (PDF) https://salon.torontocameraclub.com/archive/2019/awards.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 Medya, Dama. "Orhan Holding 15. International Photography Contest". Orhan Holding 15. International Photography Contest.
  3. ↑ "Festimatge :: Festival de la Imatge de Calella". festimatge.org. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Orhan Holding 17. International Photography Contest".
  5. ↑ "Competition Winners – 2018 Photo Journalism – Photo Journalistique – Individuals". 7 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Awards list" (PDF). salon.torontocameraclub.com. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "Bucovina Mileniul III – International Salon of photographic Art – Muzeul Bucovinei". Muzeulbucovinei.ro. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Bristol Salon 2014 Gallery". www.bristolsalon.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "BBC World Service - Newshour, Iran plane crash investigation".
  10. ↑ https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-guardian-e-paper-journal/20191002/page/6 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ "Crash site of a Ukrainian airliner that burst into flames shortly..." Getty Images.
  12. ↑ "Iran: Funeral Ceremony of General Soleymani". AP Images.
  13. ↑ Turak, Natasha (7 January 2020). "Cyberattack and proxy violence warnings as Iran threatens 'nightmare' revenge against US". CNBC.
  14. ↑ "Boeing 737–800 carrying at least 170 crashes in Iran after takeoff with no survivors". ABC News.
  15. ↑ "Iran : exécution d'un "espion" ayant aidé la CIA à traquer Soleimani". www.msn.com.
  16. ↑ "The Universal Sea – Join our European art and innovation movement to unpollute the sea!! Let's inspire, find and spread sustainable solutions against this major anthropogenic problem of plastic waste. Art can be a catalyst for change, while entrepreneurship enables the long-term success". The Universal Sea.
  17. ↑ "جشنواره سالیانه عكس خبري دوربين.نت". festival.doorbin.net.
  18. ↑ "محيط بانان نمونه و برگزيدگان دومين جشنواره آموزه هاي رضوي معرفي شدند". ایرنا. 17 September 2013.
  19. ↑ "اسامی برگزیدگان دومین جشنواره مشارکت ملی گردشگری". www.irantourismfestival2.ir. 4 October 2015.
  20. ↑ "Kyrgyz photographer Erkin Boljurov wins top prize at Tehran contest". Tehran Times. 23 May 2017.
  21. ↑ "منتخبین نخستین مسابقه عکس روح الله شهریور 96". Isf.icpikw.ir. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  22. ↑ "معرفی برگزیدگان جشنواره بین المللی تئاتر الف در تبریز". Iribnews.ir. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  23. ↑ "Competition Winners - 2018 Photo Journalism - Photo Journalistique - Individuals". 7 December 2018.
  24. ↑ "برگزیدگان جشنواره عکس " امام رضا(ع) و گفتگوی ادیان "معرفی شدند". www.aqart.ir.
  25. ↑ قرآن, iqna ir | خبرگزاری بین المللی (11 November 1397). "برگزاری این نمایشگاه در مکانی عمومی تر نتیجه بهتری را به دنبال داشت". fa.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ↑ "همدلی ادیان از دریچه دوربین عکاسان | آستان نیوز – پایگاه اطلاع رسانی آستان قدس رضوی – حرم مطهر امام رضا علیه السلام". news.razavi.ir.
  27. ↑ "Festimatge :: Festival de la Imatge de Calella". www.festimatge.org.
  28. ↑ https://salon.torontocameraclub.com/archive/2019/awards.pdf
  29. ↑ "تهران|اختتامیه نخستین سوگواره "قاب سرخ" در اسلامشهر برگزار شد+ تصاویر- اخبار استانها – اخبار تسنیم – Tasnim".
  30. ↑ Magazine, Smithsonian. "See the Winners and Finalists of the 17th Annual Smithsonianmag.com Photo Contest!". Smithsonian Magazine.
  31. ↑ "From a Mongolian eagle hunter to Lady Liberty herself: The stunning finalists in Smithsonian Magazine's annual photo contest". www.msn.com.
  32. ↑ "Photo contest: The stunning winners of the Aerial Photography Awards 2020". 21 October 2020.
  33. ↑ Medya, Dama. "Orhan Holding 16. International Photography Contest". Orhan Holding 16. International Photography Contest.
  34. ↑ Medya, Dama. "Orhan Holding 16. International Photography Contest" (PDF). Orhan Holding 16. International Photography Contest.
  35. ↑ "دین‌آموز 1: آموزش درس دینی زرتشتی سال نخست دبستان|تعلیمات دینی زرتشتی – راهنمای آموزشی (ابتدایی)||خانه كتاب |ketab.ir". www.ketab.org.ir.
  36. ↑ "دین‌آموز 2: آموزش درس دینی زرتشتی سال دوم دبستان|تعلیمات دینی زرتشتی – راهنمای آموزشی (ابتدایی)||خانه كتاب |ketab.ir". www.ketab.org.ir.
  37. ↑ "دین‌آموز 3: آموزش درس دینی زرتشتی سال سوم دبستان|تعلیمات دینی زرتشتی – راهنمای آموزشی (ابتدایی)||خانه كتاب |ketab.ir". www.ketab.org.ir.
  38. ↑ "دین‌آموز 4: آموزش درس دینی زرتشتی سال چهارم دبستان|تعلیمات دینی زرتشتی – راهنمای آموزشی (ابتدایی)||خانه كتاب |ketab.ir". www.ketab.org.ir.
  39. ↑ "Mazyar Asadi Photographer". www.imageopolis.com.
  40. ↑ "Photos by Mazyar Asadi on Photocrowd.com". www.photocrowd.com.
  41. ↑ "Check out mazyar_asadi 's profile". ViewBug.com.
  42. ↑ "Mazyar Asadi – Photographer". YouPic.
  43. ↑ "Buy books to Read, Listen and Watch them on your tablet, desktop or TV in unique CINE-BOOKS format". cine-books.com.
  44. ↑ "User". The Universal Sea.
  45. ↑ "Visual Arts Results — the Alpine Fellowship". Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  46. ↑ "Generations: Best Author and Honorable Mentions". 29 July 2020.
  47. ↑ E-Commerce, Afrasun; افراسان, تجارت الکترونیک (8 November 2015). "عکس های هسته ای عکاسان در نمایشگاه مطبوعات و خبرگزاری ها".
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