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 careeredit
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.
In fall 2019, she received The Alexandra Boulat Grant[6] 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[7] for a call themed “On Religion”. Her ongoing project, The Eyes of Earth, is the recipient of the IdeasTap and Magnum Photos,[8][9] PhotogrVphy Grant[10] and the FotoEvidence Book Award.
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]
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^Sengupta, Somini (2021-08-30). "A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-25.
^Olphen, Tim van (15 October 2020). "Where girls are no longer allowed to go to school because of climate change (Afghanistan)". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^Olphen, Tim van (29 October 2020). "How one of the world's largest salt lakes disappears-Lake Urmia". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^"In Afghanistan, climate change complicates future prospects for peace". Science. 2020-02-03. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
^Daryani, Solmaz (2020-09-11). "The Ghost Towns of Lake Urmia, Once West Asia's Largest Lake". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
^"After Us, the Flood – Solmaz Daryani Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser". www.kunsthauswien.com. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^majda. "Photoville's Emerging Artists to Watch – Photoville". Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^"Solmaz Daryani". phest (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^"Neue Schule für Fotografie - Fotoschule in Berlin". neue-schule-fotografie.berlin. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^"SYMPOSIUM". f2 Fotofestival Dortmund (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^majda (2019-07-28). "Inequality and Climate Change: The Double Threat to Life on Earth". Photoville. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^"Photo exhibition: "Inequality and Climate Change: The Double Threat to Life on Earth". UNDP. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^"Inequality and climate change - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP". Exposure. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^"Post". corridorelephant. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^"Photographie iranienne : Solmaz Daryani". Art Design Tendance (in French). 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
^d'Arles, Les Rencontres. "Iran: year 38". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
^LensCulture, Rencontres D' Arles |. "Iran, année 38: Photography Since the Revolution - Curation by Anahita Ghabaian and Newsha Tavakolian". LensCulture. Retrieved 2019-10-15.