Mohammadreza Mirzaei

Mohammadreza Mirzaei (; born 1986) is an Iranian photographer and writer. He is founding editor of "Dide Magazine" and was one of the jurors of "International Photobook Award" in 2011. His photos have been exhibited in different biennials and annuals including "Bogotá Fotográfica" in 2011 and "Journées photographiques de Bienne" in 2012.
Life.
Mirzaei studied graphic design at IRIB Art School and Italian Literature at Azad University in Tehran. In 2012, he moved to Philadelphia to pursue his MFA at University of Pennsylvania. He is now a Ph.D. student at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Photography.
In 2006, Mirzaei did a photo series called "Humans", which have been exhibited in 4 solo shows in Iran, Turkey, UAE and Russia as well as in some group exhibitions in Australia and Italy. Michael Kenna has acclaimed this photo series by an essay : "Mr. Mirzaei, with reserved sensibility, kindly provides us with an opportunity to quietly reflect and consider the reasons for our existence. It is a worthy subject to ponder, and this is a worthy group of photographs". Mirzaei’s photographs have been also credited by his compatriot photographer Mitra Tabrizian, who admired the surreal quality and the sense of isolation in his works.
In 2008, his photo series "Rewind" won the first prize of the 3rd photo feast of Tehran’s University of Art.
In 2014, Mirzaei's new photobook "Here Comes the Sun" published by University of Pennsylvania Common Press, featuring an essay by Carlos Basualdo.
Literature.
In 2013, Mirzaei's book What I don't have, which contains a long story and a photo series published in Italy by Edizioni del Bradipo. 
Mirzaei is also the translator of "La Grammatica di Dio", short stories by Stefano Benni from the Italian to the Persian.