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Solmaz Daryani

Solmaz Daryani (Persian: سولماز داریانی) (born 1989 in Tabriz, Iran) is an Iranian Azeri[1] photographer and visual artist based in the UK and Iran. Her work is particularly known for exploring the themes of climate security, climate change, water crisis,[2] the human identity and environment in the Middle East. Daryani is a member of Women Photograph[3] and Diversify Photo.[4]

Life and career

Daryani studied computer science at Azad University, emerging from school with a B.A. in software engineering. She started approaching photography as a self-taught photographer in 2012. Since 2014 Solmaz Daryani covered the environmental and human impact of the drying of Lake Urmia, one of the most unfortunate environmental disasters in the Middle East , which was published in her first book The Eyes of Earth by FotoEvidence Foundation[5] in 2021.


In fall 2019, she received The Alexandra Boulat Grant[6] in remembrance of the late, prize winning French photographer, who was a member and co-founder of VII Photo Agency, to study at DMJX. In 2017, she received the Magnum Foundation Grant[7] for a call themed “On Religion”. Her ongoing project, The Eyes of Earth, is the recipient of the IdeasTap and Magnum Photos,[8][9] PhotogrVphy Grant[10] and the FotoEvidence Book Award.


She is a member of Women Photograph and DiversifyPhoto.[11] Through her work, she explores the link between people and their environment through personal narratives by identifying locations, characters and scenes.[12] Solmaz Daryani usually works on long-term projects. Since the beginning of her career, she has worked on storytelling by creating series over more extended periods to understand how time impacts the people and environment. Her long-term photo projects include The Eyes of Earth (2014–ongoing)[13][14] and In Deserts of Wetland (2018-ongoing).[15] In 2017, she featured in a French documentary film "Focus Iran"[16] about five Iranian photographers testify to the vitality of a creation confronted with the rules.[17]

Daryani has worked internationally, covering water crisis, climate change, and social documentary stories in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Her work has been published by international magazines and newspapers such as The New York Times,[18] Der Spiegel,[19][20] National Geographic Magazine,[21] Atlas Obscura,[22] Foreign Policy Magazine,[23] L'OBS Magazine[24][25] Le Monde hors serie,[26] Polka Magazine,[27][28] The American Scholar Magazine and other publications.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]

Photographs

Awards and exhibitions

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