ABOUT
Hossein (born in Iran in 1985) was initially interested in street photography. His focus eventually shifted to documentary and environmental portrait photography. He was working as a web developer when exchanges with his street photography subjects started to bring him into closer dialogue with the people he passed every day. Fascinated with the contours of the Earth (he holds a BS in cartography, IT, and a Master's degree in geomorphology), Hossein felt drawn to study the contours of the human spirit more closely. Questions of identity and social issues continue to orient his work.
He graduated in photography from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, in 2022.
e-mail: hello [at] hossein.art
IG: @hossein.foto
Interviews
- British Journal of Photography
- Feature shoot
- China Newsweek magazine
- GUP Magazine
- FotoNostrum Magazine
- 20er zeitung
Artist Talk
- Shangtuf Creative Photo Talk
Awards & Achievements
2022
- - Preus museum - Performing for the camera. Shortlisted
- - Bartur BaseCamp award - Faces of Humanity. Winner
- - Bartur BaseCamp award - Unity and Diversity. Judges Choice
- - Rabo Photographic Portrait-talented. Shortlisted
- - Royal Photographic Society (RPS). Shortlisted
- - Critical Mass PhotoLucida. Top 50
- - Pollux Awards 17th. Overall winner
- - Portrait of Humanity. Shortlisted
- - LoosenArt gallery - On clothing. Winner
- - Kolga Tbilisi Photo. Shortlisted
2021
- - Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. Winner
- - Royal Photographic Society (RPS). Shortlisted
- - OpenWalls Arles. Winner
- - Canon Student Development Programme
- - APG Portfolio 2021. Winner
- - Xposure photography awards. Overall winner
- - Portrait of Humanity. Shortlisted
2020
- - IPA (International Photography Award). People Photographer of the Year
- - GUP New talent 2021
- - OpenWalls Arles 2020. Winner
- - Portrait of Humanity. Shortlisted
- - Head-on Portrait Awards. Finalist
2019
- - PDN faces - personal work. Winner
- - PDN Photo Annual - Student work. Winner
- - Lensculture - Black and white. Finalist
- - Portrait of Humanity. Winner
- - The Guardian editor's pick; Portrait of Humanity
- - Helsinki Photo Festival. Winner
- - Siena Photo Awards. Honourable mention
2018
- - SONY World Photography Awards 2018. Portrait. Commended
- - SONY World Photography Awards 2018. Street photography. Commended
- - IPA (International Photography Awards)People. 1st Place
- - Focus on the Story. Grand Prize
- - KOLGA Tbilisi Photo Awards 2018. Finalist
- - The Prix de la Photographie, Paris (P×3). Bronze
- - Photo East UK. Winner
- - The Independent Photographer. Portrait. 3rd place
2017
Group exhibition
2022
- LoosenArt gallery. Italy
- National Museum of Photography (Preus museum). Norway
- Kolga Photo Festival. Georgia
2021
- Florida Museum of Photographic Arts
- Galerie Huit. France
- Belfast photo festival. Northern Ireland
- Xposure photography festival. UAE
2020
- Kahmann Gallery. Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Portrait of Humanity x Sent into Space. The first photography exhibition in Space
- OpenWalls Arles. Galerie Huit Arles. France
- Louisiana State Museum as part of PhotoNOLA Festival. New Orleans, United States
- National Centre For Photography Ballarat. Victoria, Australia
- LagosPhoto Festival. Lagos, Nigeria
- Organ Vida International Photography Festival. Zagreb, Croatia
- Helsinki photo festival. Helsinki, Finland
2018
- Sony World Photography Awards. Somerset House, London
- Memories - LoosenArt. Italy, Roma
- Talents of the year 2018. Independent photographer. Germany, Berlin
- I belong. PhotoEast. The United Kingdom, Neptune Quay
- Blank wall gallery. Street photography. Athens, Greece
2017
- House of Basketball. Zürich, Switzerland
- The Mind's Eye. All About Photo. USA, San Francisco
- I’ll be your mirrors. Portrait exhibition. USA, California
- "StreetProjeckt." Germany, Berlin
- The Essence of Monochrome. Hungary, Budapest
- Blank wall gallery. Fine Art. Athens, Greece
- Blank wall gallery. Black & White. Athens, Greece
- Blank wall gallery. Travel. Athens, Greece
- Blank wall gallery. Moments of color. Athens, Greece