Parisa Azadi
A Canadian visual journalist.Based in Iran and Dubai. Available for assignments in the Middle East and Worldwide / Based in Tehran, Iran & Dubai, UAE
Parisa Azadi is a Canadian visual journalist and storyteller with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement. She is based between Tehran, Iran and Dubai, UAE and is available for assignments and commissions in the...
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Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Politics, Travel, Photography, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments, Visual Artist, Translator, Long Form Reporter, Print Journalism, War, Still Photographer, Social Justice, Reportage, Visual Journalist, Visual Storyteller, Visual Storytelling
Skills:
Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Photo Assisting, Color Correction, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Processing
About
Available in: Tehran, Iran & Dubai, UAE
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Politics, Travel, Photography, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments, Visual Artist, Translator, Long Form Reporter, Print Journalism, War, Still Photographer, Social Justice, Reportage, Visual Journalist, Visual Storyteller, Visual Storytelling
Skilled at:
Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Photo Assisting, Color Correction, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Processing
Coverage Regions:
Africa Asia Latin America Middle East USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: English, Farsi
Years of experience: 6 to 10
HEFAT certification? yes
Parisa Azadi is a Canadian visual journalist and storyteller with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement. She is based between Tehran, Iran and Dubai, UAE and is available for assignments and commissions in the Middle East and worldwide. Parisa is fluent in Persian and English. She is HEFAT certified by VICE Media and Control Risk.
Parisa Azadi is a Canadian-Iranian visual journalist with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement.
For over a decade, Parisa has worked extensively in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and Canada. She has reported politically sensitive issues such as the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, the illegal practice of female genital mutilation in Uganda, and religious extremism in South Asia. Since 2015, Parisa has been working in the Middle East, examining the nuanced dynamics of communities living in the aftermath of political violence.
In 2023, Parisa was selected as the 'Ones to Watch' by the British Journal of Photography. She was also awarded the Magnum Foundation Mobility Grant and selected for the South Asia Incubator Program. Parisa’s work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions across Europe, the latest solo exhibition was at Melike Bilir Gallery in Hamburg Germany in 2022. She earned the Chris Hondros Fund Award (Eddie Adams Workshop, 2019) and a Women Photograph Emergency Fund grant (2020).
Her work has also been recognized by the World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program in 2020. Parisa’s photographs have been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, Associated Press, Courrier International, Annabelle Magazine, Malala Fund, International Rescue Committee, among others.
Parisa Azadi is a Canadian-Iranian visual journalist with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement.
For over a decade, Parisa has worked extensively in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and Canada. She has reported politically sensitive issues such as the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, the illegal practice of female genital mutilation in Uganda, and religious extremism in South Asia. Since 2015, Parisa has been working in the Middle East, examining the nuanced dynamics of communities living in the aftermath of political violence.
In 2023, Parisa was selected as the 'Ones to Watch' by the British Journal of Photography. She was also awarded the Magnum Foundation Mobility Grant and selected for the South Asia Incubator Program. Parisa’s work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions across Europe, the latest solo exhibition was at Melike Bilir Gallery in Hamburg Germany in 2022. She earned the Chris Hondros Fund Award (Eddie Adams Workshop, 2019) and a Women Photograph Emergency Fund grant (2020).
Her work has also been recognized by the World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program in 2020. Parisa’s photographs have been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, Associated Press, Courrier International, Annabelle Magazine, Malala Fund, International Rescue Committee, among others.