Reza Mirzaei featured in new study on Iranian photography

Reza Mirzaei, visiting assistant professor, art history, has work featured in a new study on Iranian photography.

Mirzaei is among the photographers discussed in Aaram Mohamadi's scholarly monograph, "Contemporary Photography in Iran." This recent study traces Iranian photography's development from 1964 to the present, positioning Mirzaei as an exemplary figure in what Mohamadi characterizes as the "deconceptualization" approach-a distinctive aesthetic shift that emerged in the mid-2010s. Mohamadi's analysis examines Mirzaei's New Photographs series (2014) in this context, highlighting a transformation that privileged visual and material qualities over conceptual frameworks that had previously dominated Iranian photographic practice. Other artists featured in the book include Ahmad Aali, Bahman Jalali, Kaveh Golestan, and Mehran Mohajer.

Aaram Mohamadi is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the University of Kurdistan. He holds a PhD in Art Studies and teaches photography studio courses and visual art criticism. His research focuses on contemporary Iranian photography, with emphasis on photographic practices and their theoretical contexts.

The scholarly volume spans 214 pages and includes 51 illustrations, presenting a chronological examination of Iranian photography across five distinct historical periods.