Hashem Shakeri

Hashem Shakeri is an artist, photographer and filmmaker who lives in Tehran.
Discovering photography in his adolescence, he began developing his skills through persistent trial and error and after many years of being self-taught, he decided to pursue photography professionally. Since those years, he has been working as a documentary photographer and visual storyteller. He has been working on several long-term personal projects as well commissions from prominent international media.

He has received many awards and exhibited internationally in many museums, festivals and biennales including at Leica Museum, Foam Museum, Arp Museum, ICP Museum, Maxxi Museum, Rencontres d’Arles, Paris Photo art fair, Visa pour l’image and many others.
His works have been featured in numerous publications worldwide such as The New Yorker, Sunday Times, The Times, British Journal of Photography, New York Times, Aperture, Reporters Without Borders, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Le Monde, Paris Match, National Geographic and many others.