Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari

Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari (born 24 June 1986), also known as Moe Zoyari,[1] is an Iranian-American photographer. He has won three Pictures of the Year International Awards.[2][3][4]

Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari
Zoyari in 2016
BornJune 24, 1986
Other namesMoe Zoyari
OccupationPhotographer
Websitewww.zoyari.com

Early life

He is a frequent contributor to Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post.[5] He began his work as a photographer at the age of 14. After focusing his work around human rights issues and political turmoil in Iran, he expanded his reach, covering events in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. His photos have been published in national, and international journals including Newsweek, Time, and Der Spiegel, among others.

Career

Zoyari 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. He left Iran after the turbulent aftermath of the Iranian presidential election, 2009 and went to Afghanistan for 44 days to be an embedded journalist with the U.S. Army.

Zoyari worked for BBC Persian from 2003 to 2004 and United Press International[6] from 2005 to 2015. He is now represented by Redux Pictures.[7] Moe was invited to The White House by President Obama, and The First Lady in 2015.[8] His photographs have been published in Newsweek,[9] Time,[10] and Le Figaro.[11] He has documented stories in more than 52 countries to be a voice for the deliberately silenced and preferably unheard people.

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
  • Forgotten Colors Sunnyvale Public Library, Sunnyvale, CA, 2010[15]
  • Iranian women Mah-e-Mehr Gallery in Tehran, Iran, July 2007[16]
  • Photo Exhibition in Qazvin, Iran 2006[17]

Group exhibitions
  • Just For Foreign Policy, New York, 2005[18]
  • 30 Years of Iranian Photography, Monnaie de Paris, 2009[19]
  • Today's Bam, A Photo exhibition on [Bam Earthquake] in Tehran Iran[20]

Publications
  • Exile. Self-published, Blurb, 2012. ISBN 978-0-9857770-1-2. Work from Iran, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, Germany, and the U.S.[21]

References
  1. Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari. "Moe Zoyari". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. https://www.poy.org/76/16/aoe01.html
  3. https://www.poy.org/74/R21/02.php
  4. https://www.poy.org/65/12/ae03.php
  5. June 9, 2018, Where killing go unsolved, https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/staff-washington-post
  6. UPI, United Press International, accessed 2015-12-30
  7. "Redux Pictures". Redux.
  8. "The Obama White House on Instagram: "Selfies with @PeteSouza! Check out @Moe_Zoyari at the #WHInstameet with the President's photographer. #TodayIMet #WWIM12"". Instagram.
  9. "Webview - UPI.com". webview.upi.com.
  10. Tha Hajj Goes High-Tech accessed 2015-12-30
  11. Iran: comment vont les femmes?, accessed 2015-12-31
  12. "Award Of Excellence Mohammad Kheirkhah United Press International". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  13. http://2012pdnedu.nielsencontests.com/
  14. Reuters Staff (August 28, 2019). "Reuters announces 2019 photojournalism grant winners as part of ongoing program to develop diverse photojournalists" – via www.reuters.com.
  15. "A photo exhibition by Mohammad Kheirkhah in Sunnyvale Public Library".
  16. عکس | 0, ۲۷ تیر ۱۳۸۶ | نمایشگاه (July 18, 2007). "نمایشگاه عکس محمد خیرخواه در بوفه گالری ماه مهر".CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  17. News about the exhibition on CHN.com
  18. "Perpetual War for Peace? Part I". December 15, 2006 – via YouTube.
  19. 30 years of Iranian documentary photography, accessed 2015-12-30
  20. "BBCPersian.com". www.bbc.com.
  21. "Exile" – via www.blurb.com.
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