Born in Tehran, Pej moved to Hollywood, California at the very impressionable age of 4 years with his freethinking parents and a stylish older sister.
With the desire for exploration, he entered college to study international relations, but was quickly sidetracked by a class in filmmaking. Pej started to show his movies domestically at festivals while still studying film at San Francisco Art Institute where he received his B.F.A. After earning his degree he found himself assisting a photographer and was charmed by the simplicity and immediate intimacy that the craft of photography offered. His first portfolio pieces landed him into the American Photography Annual as well as initiating his career in commercial photography with such clients as Entertainment Weekly and The New York Times Magazine.
His personal work has been in group and solo exhibitions both domestically and internationally and has received recognition from Communication Arts, Prix de la Photographie, and International Photography Awards.
His work has been recognized in Communication Arts, American Photography Annual, and International Photography Awards.
Pej Behdarvand lives and works in Mexico and California.
