By Arseny Vesnin
Mohammadreza Rezania is a Persian fashion and fine art photographer. He became a professional photographer in 2012. In search of human beauty, he devotes himself mainly to fashion and portrait photography. His photos have won numerous international distinctions, including the Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3). Drawing inspiration from historical imagery, he appropriates the representational codes of the past to create his photographs
What was your path to doing what you’re doing now?
I started photography about 13 years ago. The passion for photography grew in me when I was on a nature tour with friends of mine, and I shot a portrait with my friend’s camera. It was when I realized that I can capture what I saw successfully. The first picture I took was a portrait, which made me who I am today. Everything started and grew after this particular portrait shot. I remember it as if it had happened yesterday. That was a portrait of a girl that I took with natural light at sunset.
When you were growing up, was creativity part of your life, and how did you decide to focus on photography?
As a child, I was very interested in drawing and painting. I remember when I was 5 or 6, my father used to draw scenes or cartoon characters for me and I used to copy them. When I grew up, this interest intensified in me, but during high school, due to some other circumstances, I could not pursue this interest. After many years, I found my interest in photography on a trip and my interest in art resurfaced in the form of photography.
Did you feel different at the time you realised yourself as an artist?
Well, definitely yes, I had finally felt in place for the first time in my life and my path was intertwined with depicting my feelings within imagery
Did you have an “Aha!” moment when you knew that direction and photography were what you wanted to do?
Yes. Every time something was in my mind and I was able to create it the way I had envisioned. In these instances, I realize I am on the right path.
You shifted from portrait photography to fine art and fashion. Was it a breaking point in your career? How does it influence your way of doing work now?
Yes, it was. Since the beginning of my photography career, my primary goal was to create a sense of uniqueness and beauty. To accomplish that, I have coupled fashion and styling as two inseparable parts of my fine art photography with which I can express my emotions beyond portrait photography.
As stated earlier, by utilizing fashion throughout my work, I create an atmosphere that resembles a story so that each viewer has a unique perception of it.
In my photography, I pay a great level of attention to all elements and details through every single shot, to hold the attention of my audience. In order to pull it…
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