Sogol Khalkhalian born in 1980, is a traveler, photographer and filmmaker. After visiting the Antarctic in 2012 she decided to pursuit photography and filmmaking more seriously. During her travel to Africa, she made a short documentary. She also made a short movie called “The Crypt: that was nominated in the Corner Film Festival in Cannes.
She also collaborated with National Geographic Magazine Farsi and after that she become Air France/KLM brand ambassador and traveled to Ecuador, Azores Islands in Portugal and to Iceland and filmed mini documentaries of each travel.
In 2019 she began a photography project documenting the everyday struggles of Iranian women and telling their stories. The continuation of project in Iran has been postponed due the Covid 19 pandemic. For now, she is photographing the stories of women in the Middle East, the trip to the Kalash Valley is part of this project.
In 2021 she published a novel called “The Last Shahrzad”, with roots in ancient Iranian epics.
