Marjan Yazdi
Women Photograph
Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran
Marjan Yazdi was born in Iran in 1987. Since 2005 she has lived in Vancouver, Canada, where she received her degree in professional photo-imaging at Langara College. Upon her graduation in 2013, she returned to Iran to pursue a professional career as a documentary photographer.
Her curiosity to explore the human's nature bonded her to story telling. Through photography she explores, investigates and exposes the most inner layers of human being, regardless of nationality or race. Marjan has photographed life of minorities in Iran, afghan refugees, intimacy and attachment, and the life of wildlife protectors who used to be poachers. She appreciates the complex blend of local, tribal and international cultures and religions in Iran. In her work Marjan adopts a fine art documentary style, and strives to critically examine socio-cultural mores and nuances; whilst referencing Iranian culture in everyday life.
Marjan has published her first photography book entitled " A Thousand Alleyways of Solitude", which she documents the street life of people living in the desert and historical city of Yazd. She has been awarded in Moscow Foto Award in 2015 and international photo award in 2017. Her latest project," Wildlife Protectors", will be published in National Geographic in January 2019.
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