Ramin Mazur was born on Dniester left bank of Moldavian Soviet Republic, which became an unrecognized state of Transnistria after 1991. After graduating from Journalism Department of Moldavian State University in Chisinau he became to work with different print media in his country as photo reporter. The lack of understanding in local media of what actually photojournalism is, led him to work on his own independent projects.