Solmaz Daryani

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

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, after independent studies on cinematography. In fall 2019 she receives The Alexandra Boulat Grant[4] 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[5] for a call themed “On Religion” and In 2015, she received the IdeasTap and Magnum Photos Grant [6]while working on the long-term project "The Eyes of Earth"[7], an investigation into the environmental and human impact of the drying of Lake Urmia which is one of the most unfortunate environmental disasters of Iran. In 2018, she received Second Place in PhotogrVphy Grant [8]in the category of Climate.

She is a member of Women Photograph[9]. Through her work, she explores the link between conflict, girl's education, child marriage, and climate change.Her projects investigates the diversity of lifestyles and relationship between people and their environment through personal narratives by identifying locations, characters and scenes[10]. 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, environment and life around her and to observe the details of narratives. Her long-term photo projects include The Eyes of Earth(2014-Ongoing)[11][12], In Deserts of Wetland(2018-ongoing)[13].In 2017 she featured in french documentary film "Focus Iran"[14] about five Iranian photographers testify to the vitality of a creation confronted with the rules.[15]

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 National Geographic Magazine[16], L'OBS Magazine,The Weather Channel[17], Le Monde hors serie, Foreign Policy Magazine[18], Polka Magazine [19][20], The American Scholar Magazine[21], Télérama Magazine[22][23], OneWorld Magazine, Zenith Magazine[24], Woman Paper Visa journal[25]l, Emerge Magazine[26], Kel12 Magazine[27], The Caravan Magazine[28], Fotoblur magazine and other publications.  

Awards and Exhibitions

• 2020 Runner up for MARILYN STAFFORD FOTOREPORTAGE AWARD [29]
• 2019 Recipient of Alexandra Boulat Grant by the VII Foundation and VII Academy[30]
• 2019 Finalist in The IWPA Award by the International Women Photographers Association, France[31]
• 2018 Second Place, 2018 PhotogrVphy Grant in the category of Climate
• 2018 Shortlisted for The IWPA Award by the International Women Photographers Association 2018, France
• 2017 Recipient of Magnum Foundation “On Religion” collaborative photography Grant, NYC, USA
• 2016 Recipient of IdeasTap with Magnum Photos Grant, London, United Kingdom
• 2016 Shortlisted for D&AD Next Photographer Award, London, United Kingdom[32]
• 2015 Shortlisted for Sheed Grant (Independent Award for Documentary Photography)[33]
• 2013 Tirgan Contemporary Art Prize Award[34], Toronto, Canada
• 2013 Shortlisted for Borsa International Photography Festival, Borsa, Turkey
• 2012 HIPA Photo Contest annual Book exhibition[35] in Wollongong University of Dubai (UAE)

• November 2019 F2 Fotofestival on Water and justice, Dortmund, Germany[36]
• September 2019 UNDP’s exhibition on inequality and climate change at Photoville[37] in Brooklyn, NYC, United States[38][39]
• June 13 - 31 Aug 2019 Group show, IRAN, 1979-2019 MAUPETIT CÔTÉ Gallery, Marseille[40]
• March 6-30 2019 IWPA travelling exhibition, La Galerie, Dubai, Alliance Française
• October 11-23 2018 “(IR) REAL IRAN”, Gallery Mandarin, Paris(FR), In partnership with Sciences Po Paris and the NGO La Chaîne
• July 2017 “Iran Anne 38” Group show, Les Rencontres d’Arles[41] Festival, Église Sainte-Anne, Arles (FR)[42][43]
• September - October 2016, PondyPHOTO India International Art Festival (India)
• October 2013, Bursa Photo Festival, Colors of life exhibition, Bursa, Turkey
• July 18-21 2013, Tirgan Iranian/Canadian art and culture Festival and Visual art exhibition (CA)[44]

References

1. "Iran's Water Crisis". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
2. "Women Photograph". Women Photograph. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
3. "United Kingdom". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
4. "Photo I and scholarship students have been selected – DMJX photojournalism". Retrieved 2019-12-11.
5. "Solmaz Daryani | A Sacred, Sullied Space". Magnum Foundation. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
6. "Solmaz Daryani". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
7. "THE DESOLATE, APOCALYPTIC LANDSCAPE THAT IS LAKE URMIA, IRAN".
8. "solmaz daryani | Hamoun Wetland to Wasteland". internationalphotogrant.com. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
9. Solmaz, Daryani. "Women Photograph -- Middle East". Women Photograph. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
10. administrata (2018-06-11). "The Eyes of Earth". emerge - Magazin für jungen Fotojournalismus (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-14.
11. "Solmaz Daryani documente la disparition du lac d'Ourmia en Iran". Lense (in French). 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
12. LensCulture, Solmaz Daryani |. "Solmaz Daryani". LensCulture. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
13. "In The Desert of Iran's Wetlands". phmuseum.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
14. "TV : " Focus Iran, l'audace au premier plan "" (in French). 2017-07-08. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
15. "Focus Iran, l'audace au premier plan". Scam.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
16. "In Afghanistan, climate change complicates future prospects for peace". Science. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
17. "The Community Left Behind at Dried Up Lake Urmia (PHOTOS)". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
18. Daryani, Solmaz. "Troubled Waters". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
19. "Solmaz Daryani – Polka Magazine" (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
20. "Une photographe immortalise la disparition d'un lac en Iran, la terre de son enfance" (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
21. "The Lost Lakes of Iran". The American Scholar. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
22. "Regardez en replay "Focus Iran : l'audace au premier plan"". Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-14.
23. "En Iran, des photographes au regard si perçant". Télérama.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
24. "Solmaz Daryani | zenith.me". zenith.me. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
25. "Woman Paper Visa journal celebrates female photojournalists". British Journal of Photography. 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
26. administrata (2018-06-11). "The Eyes of Earth". emerge - Magazin für jungen Fotojournalismus (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
27. "Kel12 magazine - Settembre 2016". Scribd. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
28. Daryani, Solmaz. "A reflection on how climate change altered Lake Urmia". The Caravan. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
29. "MARILYN STAFFORD FOTOREPORTAGE AWARD 2020 WINNER – FotoDocument". Retrieved 2020-07-20.
30. "Photo I and scholarship students have been selected – DMJX photojournalism". Retrieved 2019-12-27.
31. Barba-Court, Kala (2019-07-24). "The Winning Images of 2019's International Women Photography Awards". PLAIN Magazine. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
32. "Solmaz Daryani: The Eyes of Earth | 2016 Next Photographer Award Winner | Next Photographer | D&AD". www.dandad.org. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
33. عکاسی | 0 |, نشریه عکاسی حرفه ای | ۴ مهر ۱۳۹۴ | مسابقه (2015-09-25). "کاندیداهای دریافت نخستین گرنت عکاسی مستند شید". سایت عکاسی (in Persian). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
34. "Hope Photo Contest Winners | Tirgan". tirgan.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
35. "Publications". Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
36. "SYMPOSIUM". f2 Fotofestival Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
37. majda (2019-07-28). "Inequality and Climate Change: The Double Threat to Life on Earth". Photoville. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
38. "Photo exhibition: "Inequality and Climate Change: The Double Threat to Life on Earth". UNDP. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
39. "Inequality and climate change - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP". Exposure. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
40. "Post". corridorelephant. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
41. "Photographie iranienne : Solmaz Daryani". Art Design Tendance (in French). 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
42. d'Arles, Les Rencontres. "Iran: year 38". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
43. LensCulture, Rencontres D' Arles |. "Iran, année 38: Photography Since the Revolution - Curation by Anahita Ghabaian and Newsha Tavakolian". LensCulture. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
44. "Hope Photo Contest Winners | Tirgan". tirgan.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-15.

External links

• Official Website
• Media related to Solmaz Daryani at Wikimedia Commons