Sasan Moayedi – Remembering the Years of War

I was born in 1959 in Tehran.
At the age of sixteen, I began working at the Educational Television of Iran and received my first camera—a gift that changed the course of my life. In 1981, after completing my military service, I joined Soroush Publishing House and worked under the guidance of Bahman Jalali. Alongside cultural photography, I also documented the Iran–Iraq war, creating 12,761 frames of 35mm negatives from that period.
Since 2006, I have been working as an independent photographer. My focus has always been on documentary photography: capturing the everyday lives of people, their struggles, rituals, and celebrations. So far, I have held 51 solo exhibitions and published seven books of my work. For me, photography is not just about images; it is about memory, truth, and humanity.
My archive stands as a living witness to nearly five decades of Iran’s history—a history marked by crises, silences, and transformations.