omid salehi

Omid Salehi was born in 1972 in Shiraz, Iran and moved to London in 2009, where he lives and works
today.

He studied Photography at Azad University, Tehran and Graphic Art at Shahid Rajaie University,
Tehran. After graduating he worked as a photojournalist for several reformist daily newspapers.
He has served as a photo-correspondent for several international news agencies, most recently including
Photo Focus (Germany: 2010, 2007); Agence France Press (2009); and Cultural Heritage News
(Iran, 2006).

Selected group exhibitions include “A Positive View”, Somerset House, London (2010); “Transit Tehran:
Art and Documentary from Iran”, London School of Economics (2009); “Between Hope and Chaos: 30
Years of Iranian Documentary Photography”, Photo Quai, Quai Branly Museum, Paris (2009); the First
Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece (2007); Chobi Mela III, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2004);
“Musulmanes, Musulmans”, Parc de la Villette, Paris (2004); and “Twelve Photographic Journeys: Iran in
the 21st century”, Brunei Gallery, London (2003).

He has won several awards, including the Iranian Documentary Photography Award (2007, 1997); Kaveh
Golestan Photojournalism Award (2004, 2003); Iranian Photographer’s Center Award (2002); Festival of the Iranian Young Cinema Society Award (1997, 1996, 1995, 1993, and 1991); and Annual Iranian Documentary Photography Award for Photo-essays (1995).

His work features in the recently published monograph Omid Salehi: A photographer's journey through Iran, edited by Rose Issa (2011); and in several publications such as A Positive View, edited by Philippe Garner (Crisis, 2010); Eye (Mahriz Publications, 2010); Iranian Photography Now, by Rose Issa (Hatje Cantz, 2008); and Transit Tehran: Young Iran and its Inspirations, by Malu Halasa and Maziar Bahari (Garnet Publishing, 2008).

He has also been published in several international journals, including Journal #3 (London: 2011);
Rolling Stone Magazine (New York: 2010); Lettre International (Berlin: 2010); Private: International
Review of Photographs (Saint Brisson: France, 2005); Index on Censorship (London: 2010, 2009,
2006, 2003, 2002); British Journal of Photography (London: 2003); and Foto (Hamburg: 2002).