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

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]

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[5] from 2005 to 2015. He is now represented by Redux Pictures.[6] Moe was invited to The White House by President Obama, and The First Lady in 2015.[7] His photographs have been published in Newsweek,[8] Time,[9] and Le Figaro.[10] 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[14]
  • Iranian women Mah-e-Mehr Gallery in Tehran, Iran, July 2007[15]
  • Photo Exhibition in Qazvin, Iran 2006[16]

Group exhibitions

  • Just For Foreign Policy, New York, 2005[17]
  • 30 Years of Iranian Photography, Monnaie de Paris, 2009[18]
  • Today's Bam, A Photo exhibition on [Bam Earthquake] in Tehran Iran[19]

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.[20]

References

  1. ↑ Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari. "Moe Zoyari". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pictures of the Year | 76th Annual Competition | Sports Division | Recreational Sports".
  3. ↑ "Second Place | Sports Picture Story".
  4. ↑ "Award of Excellence | General News Reporting".
  5. ↑ "Webview - UPI.com". webview.upi.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  6. ↑ "Redux Pictures". Redux.
  7. ↑ "The Obama White House on Instagram: "Selfies with @PeteSouza! Check out @Moe_Zoyari at the #WHInstameet with the President's photographer. #TodayIMet #WWIM12"". Instagram. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26.
  8. ↑ "Webview - UPI.com". webview.upi.com.
  9. ↑ "The Hajj Goes High-Tech - Photo Essays". TIME.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  10. ↑ "Iran : comment vontles femmes ?". Madame Figaro (in French). 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  11. ↑ "Award Of Excellence Mohammad Kheirkhah United Press International". Pictures of the Year International. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  12. ↑ "Nielsen Contests". Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  13. ↑ "Reuters announces 2019 photojournalism grant winners as part of ongoing program to develop diverse photojournalists". Reuters. August 28, 2019 – via www.reuters.com.
  14. ↑ "A photo exhibition by Mohammad Kheirkhah in Sunnyvale Public Library". YouTube.
  15. ↑ عکس | 0, ۲۷ تیر ۱۳۸۶ | نمایشگاه (July 18, 2007). "نمایشگاه عکس محمد خیرخواه در بوفه گالری ماه مهر".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ News about the exhibition on CHN.com
  17. ↑ "Perpetual War for Peace? Part I". December 15, 2006 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ 30 years of Iranian documentary photography, accessed 2015-12-30
  19. ↑ "BBCPersian.com". www.bbc.com.
  20. ↑ Exile. 6 June 2012 – via www.blurb.com.
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