Moe Zoyari
Chicago, IL, USA
Moe is an Iranian American multimedia producer, who began his career as a photographer at the age of 14, focusing his work around human rights issues and political turmoil in Iran. After, he expanded his reach, covering events in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, earning the Pictures of the Year International award multiple times. He has documented stories in more than 50 countries for a goal to be a voice for the deliberately silenced and preferably unheard people. These stories are illustrated in his books and have been published in national and international journals and publications, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, Time, and Der Spiegel, among others. Moe graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College Chicago with a B.A. in Multimedia Photojournalism. Moe joined the Institute of Politics at University of Chicago in February 2020 as a staff Multimedia Specialist where he is responsible for the design and creation of multimedia content across all of the IOP’s program areas. Moe was invited to The White House by President Obama, and The First Lady in 2015. The Pulitzer Prize winner John H. White has been a mentor of Moe.
2016 - Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar, 2016 - LensCulture Street Photography Award, 2016 - Eddie Adams Workshop, 2015 - New York Times, 2012 - Photo District News (PDN) , 2007 - Picture of The Year International (POYi)
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Editorial
- Events
- Military embed
- Reporting
- Video capture
Cuba
Moe Zoyari
A man sitting in his vintage car backs up in traffic in Havana, Cuba on May 10, 2015. The U.S. has formally dropped Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism as the Obama administration is expected to announce an agreement with Cuba to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations severed more than five decades ago, The Telegraph reported. Moe Zoyari
I have a dream
Moe Zoyari
It has been over 50 years since Martin Luther King delivered his famous ” I Have A Dream” speech on August of 1963. Many things has changed in the U.S. Even though many people know USA as the land of free and a superpower, many disagree that right to order of assassination of U.S. citizens by the current president, arbitrary justice, warrantless searches and war crimes has changed the face of the US that we knew. Plus over 48 million Americans live in poverty, according to a special report by the Census Bureau. This photo story looks at the US citizens that still have a dream. (This Story was shot in color, but is being published here in black and white). Photos: Moe Zoyari
Afghanistan: A Beautiful Land at War
Moe Zoyari
Afghanistan (meaning "land of the Afghans") has been a strategically important location throughout history. A communist coup in the late 1970s overthrew the established regime and led to the invasion of Soviet troops in 1979. Roughly a decade later, the Soviet Union withdrew, condemning Afghanistan to a civil war that tore apart the nation's last remnants of religious, ethnic, and political unity. It was into this climate that the Taliban was born. Today, war-torn and economically destitute, Afghanistan faces unique challenges as it looks toward an uncertain future. Text by: Martin Ewans - Photos by Moe Zoyari