About Arezoo Bayat

I was born in 1982 in Iran. I began my photographic life much as any photographer would… with a camera. I started professional photography when hired to work for “HAMSHAHRI”. I continued photojournalism with news agencies and newspapers and professional journals, but my main focus is on social documentary and professionally dealt with this branch of photography.
I find the religions, traditions, and history of our fellow human beings to be quite inspirational. I had finally begun to explore my vision, find my style, and share it with society. Through my imagery I hope to invoke emotions within you, as we walk together through my world and the world around us. I use black and white photographic processing to transcend the average look of everyday life and bring a certain abstract beauty (and sometimes sadness) to my work. Photography has the unique ability to invoke the surreal while still portraying the real. I travel through life looking for new ways to express emotions I have felt or scenes I have encountered.
My wish is for all people to find solace in my images through my expression of something that the viewer, likewise, has felt.

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