Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer
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.
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]
Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer
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.
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]