Anatomy of a photograph by Peyman Naderi

It is the story of a girl who lived through a period of history but was never seen, and though she was very artistic, she always hid from others until one day her identity was revealed. She was still trying to keep his identity a secret until she was satisfied to register herself in history.

Peyman Naderi is a Persian contemporary fine art and portrait photographer born in 1990. He is a self-taught photographer who started his first professional projects in the year 2013. As he began his career as a professional photographer, his first motto was to create original and creative photos through which his own perceptions of the world and art could be understood. Also, he is eager to represent a unique way of looking at various concepts in the world.

“Concept” is one of the most important parts of his photography projects, and Peyman tries to spend enough time and energy on finding the right concept. To create and discover the right idea he usually listen to classical music during his free time or at nights. Such high-quality music can inspire him and help him to concentrate on finding ways to present the world in ways that he sees. Besides, the colors that he uses in his photos create the illusion of a painting, and, hence, most people usually mistake his works as paintings.

Peyman has received several awards including Second Place In Portrait in Fine Art Photography Awards 2020, Particular Merit Mention in All About Photo Awards 2020, Bronze in Fine Portrait and Fine Art Other in One Eyeland Photography Awards 2019, 1st Place in Conceptual in Chromatic Awards 2019, 2nd Place in Fashion in Chromatic Awards 2019, Gold In Moscow International Foto Awards 2019 in Portfolio Category, Bronze In Fine Art Photography Awards 2019 In Fine Art Category, Bronze In PX3 2019 In Fine Art – People and Also Peyman has been chosen as a 100 Great Photographers of 2018 and also Took 2nd Place In Conceptual Photo In 35Awards 2018, and also he has been Winner in ND Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, PX3, and International Photography Awards and V Concurso International De Fotografía ‘Alicante’ 2019. His work has been published in international publications including Harper’s Bazaar Magazine and The Exhibition was In Ontario, 2019 CONTACT Photography Festival and Also The Last Exhibition was in France, 2019 Voies Off, Galerie Des Arènes and in Los Angeles, USA, La Art Show 2020, and Broken Reality Exhibit 2020. [Official Website]

Can you tell us a little about yourself?

My name is Peyman Naderi, and I am a contemporary Persian fine art and portrait photographer. I am a self-taught photographer who started his first professional projects in the year 2013. As I began my career as a professional photographer, my first moto was to create original and creative photos through which my own perceptions of the world and art could be understood. Also, I am eager to represent a unique way of looking to various concepts in the world.

My first experience as a subject of portrait photography was quite funny though. I remember that I was only six years old, and I was terrified by seeing various equipment and cameras. Trying to make me calmer, the photographer gave me a toy camera to play with while sitting on the chair. This memory, somehow, triggered my curiosity and interest in this art. I bought my first camera years later, in 2010, and started to take photos of my friends and family members. The more I got engaged in this art, the more I found out about my artistic talents and the passion I have for photography. I remember that I used to go to a burnt cotton factory located on the outskirt of Tehran, my hometown. Although the fire had ruined almost everything in the factory, a small hall with a high ceiling and golden walls was left intact. When I first entered this building, seeing this magnificent scenery inside a totally destroyed and abandoned building took my breath away and provoked my first fine art ideas inside me. As I started my first project, I used to go to this place every day to try different photography techniques and become master in them.

Then, I started studio photography to learn about various lighting techniques. I tried to include my own ideas and perceptions here, and manipulate the lighting based on my perceptions and concepts. Winning the silver medal in the Victor Polynsky competition for one of my photos called Oblivion, further increased my self-confidence and my persistence in photography. In the years after that, I won several awards in many competitions like Fine Art Photography Awards, All About Photo, Moscow International Foto Awards, Chromatic Awards, ND Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards, PX3 and IPA, and I had my works published in various international magazines, like Harper’s Bazaar.

Can you explain us the idea or the story behind this image?

It is the story of a girl who lived through a period of history but was never seen, and though she was very artistic, she always hid from others until one day her identity was revealed. She was still trying to keep his identity a secret until she was satisfied to register herself in history. This girl’s name is Lorca, and I have been trying to portray her face with the story she has in my mind so that the whole world can touch her feelings.

One of the most interesting things for me is to show my imagination, And I thank Maryam Alyasin for trying to make my mind a reality, and the fashion stylist did it.
I think the most special thing a creative photographer can do is capture their mindsets. Unfortunately, in my country, Iran, these works of art are not supported at all, so it is very difficult to produce such costly works.

Can you explain us what equipment you used for its realization?

I currently use a Sony A7R III camera in my work and the lens I used was a Sony 24-70 GM F2.8. Of course, I use 3 Rime light in the studio, and the shaping tools we used in this work are a beauty dish and a parabolic shaper and Mola soft-light. The background that you see in the picture is made by me and my colleague; Ms. Nasim Beikzadeh, who always supports me in all projects and is a very optimistic make-up artist with a bright future.

Tell us how it is taken from the most technical aspect.

I have always looked at photography in a way that I can create a lasting work, so I usually look like a Renaissance painter to illuminate my work. I always try to create a space between dream and reality so that the viewer is amazed and can not recognize whether this work is a painting or a photo, is it real or not. I always show this duality in my work. So I have to have personalized lighting and I have to say I have tried as much as I can to keep it secret so that I can both expand it and keep it unique. The lens aperture in this photo is more closed so that it can focus on more areas. The photo was taken at a relatively angular angle to give the model more power to the audience. The angles of the 3 lights that I used in the photo are placed in such a way that you can neutralize each other in some places so that we have a much softer light in the image.

What problems and challenges did you face when you took the shot of this image?

The problems I faced were mostly because of the black clothes. Black absorbs light, but because I wanted the clothes to be light and of course there was no glare, I had to arrange the lights so that the color of the clothes would not be dark. Another problem that bothered me in this photo was that I had to try to imagine the final image in my mind, because strong imagination in fine art photography is one of the most important parts of photography, and of course the most difficult. Since in our country, this genre of photography is not supported at all, so it is very difficult to finance and the team members pay their expenses, and this is not very fair. In this project, we worked very hard in the hair section, and it took about 2 hours. Of course, I have to

thank Ms. Maryam Farshid for their efforts, and of course, Shadi Monshizadeh, who was my tireless model all the time. The last and most important problem was that I had created Lorca in my mind, and it was a dream, and because I saw Lorca as a painter, I had to try to make the space look like a painting sense in photography.

We are talking about the postproduction process. How do you get the final result?

In the past, photos were edited with special tricks that were used during photo printing, and the process of making a photo was very interesting and special. But with the advent of various programs such as Photoshop and Capture One Pro, working on photos has become much easier and anyone in their home can do the editing process, so I am no exception to this rule and editing work seems It’s very important and it should be able to eliminate or at least reduce the defects as much as possible. I have always tried to make the output of my photos high quality and only do a small amount of editing to show that photography is more important than photo editing. The technique I use in editing is very unique. I always try to keep all the skin texture and natural, and I change the colors so that it looks like a painting.

More Stories

Childhood : Dear Mom and Dad by Ksenia Apresian

Childhood : Dear Mom and Dad by Ksenia Apresian

What is a happy childhood? Few experience the idyllic family life portrayed in TV shows and commercials. The truth, told by the World Health Organisation, points to a sadder, darker reality.
Staves by Alfons Olle Coderch

Staves by Alfons Olle Coderch

Aldo Rossi told us that in the city, in addition to emergencies, there are the buildings that give it body. In effect, this is a kind of architecture that does not attract the general public
https://www.dodho.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bannerpr.jpg

We invite you to participate in the first edition of the Portrait Photography Awards. Our call is open to any artistic interpretation of portrait photography.

https://www.dodho.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/BAnImage.jpg

ImageRights provides intelligent image search and copyright enforcement services to photo agencies and professional photographers worldwide.

https://www.dodho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/mono2022.jpg

The best 100 images along with the winning images published in the yearly book “Monochromatic – Best Photographers of 2022”

https://www.dodho.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/banner24.jpg

Call For Entries #24 | After 23 editions and more than 100 published photographers, our print edition has proven to be a simply effective promotional channel.

Pocket Beach by Salvatore Matarazzo

Pocket Beach by Salvatore Matarazzo

A beach long 2,5 Km in Marina Di Massa, flanked to historical buildings, dating back to the Fascist period, that still at a distance of years, affect the territory and vacationers who frequent the beach.
Tommy Ingberg : Photography and Surrealism

Tommy Ingberg : Photography and Surrealism

For me, surrealism is about trying to explain something abstract like a feeling or a thought, expressing the subconscious with a picture. For my work I use my own inner life, thoughts and feelings as seeds to my pictures.
Our Urban Fragmentation: The Aesthetics of Ambiguity by Raju Peddada

Our Urban Fragmentation: The Aesthetics of Ambiguity by Raju Peddada

The Stillness Aesthetic is better known as “Still Life.” In art, whether it's painting or photography, this pursuit has been about clarity as it relates to light, in the rendition of the inanimate, as well as the animate. This has been the practice, not only in the visual arts, but, in photography as well.
Conceptual photography; In Pain by Ramak Bamzar

Conceptual photography; In Pain by Ramak Bamzar

‘In Pain’ a series, exploring the subject of suffering. Pain is a universal human experience. Defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage."
Sleepwalker by Zoe Vassiliou

Sleepwalker by Zoe Vassiliou

The series Sleepwalker focuses on the darker emotions we feel, especially the ones that creep out at night. I am looking for that hallucinatory tension one feels between sleep and wakefulness. As a child I always thought dreams were projections in your brain that would play like a movie on the back of your closed eyelids.
Portraits Talk by Aman Chotani

Portraits Talk by Aman Chotani

Aman Chotani , A Professional Travel Photographer who has found acclaim across major exhibitions and brands. His motto Travel to beautiful, Rusty, adventurous locations to capture untold stories, unseen traditions and unprecedented experiences.
The human soul by Dominic Rouse

The human soul by Dominic Rouse

Dominic Rouse was born in England in 1959. His career began in photojournalism in 1977 and has progressed through various stages into the world of fine art.
Sandra by Anna Ajtner

Sandra by Anna Ajtner

I started my education in this field in the years 1989 – 1993 at the State High School of Fine Arts in Bydgoszcz and I gained there the title of technician of art
Women’s sport by Sergio Ferreira

Women’s sport by Sergio Ferreira

In the current model of society, the word sport is synonymous with health, culture and modernity, but also it means wealth. At least, that is the way the State considers it, as one of the great economic engines.
The artistic current of futurism by Gibi Peluffo

The artistic current of futurism by Gibi Peluffo

The artistic current of Futurism was born in Italy around 1910. It was a period of great ferment due above all to new technological discoveries such as airplanes, radios, cars.
My once secret garden by Alva Bernadine

My once secret garden by Alva Bernadine

It was said to be the best blossom show since the late fifties. The spring was warm and many of the bushes bloomed at the same time, putting on quite a display in the streets and gardens.
100% m² by Kata Sedlak

100% m² by Kata Sedlak

Fascinated by the inner power of personal relationships within the family, Kata Sedlak documentary captures various moments of her children Stella, Oliver and Alan, getting familiarized with the world, oneself and close relatives.
I Always Hoped For Better by David Egan

I Always Hoped For Better by David Egan

David Egan is a photographer that focuses on elements of the past and the ever- changing landscape of the American West. He carries an MFA in photography and a BA in Organizational Communications.
Snowy landscape by Tomoharu Ota

Snowy landscape by Tomoharu Ota

I´m a Japanese photographer living in the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. My photography ranges over many subjects including landscape, cityscape, nature and experimental abstracts.
Fear of Dementia by Annette Golaz

Fear of Dementia by Annette Golaz

Dementia runs in my family. My grandmother was demented, and now my mother is too. Only recently we had to finally move her to a care home. To watch her brain slowly deteriorate over the last decade has been heartbreaking and confusing.
Finding my way by MG Vander Elst

Finding my way by MG Vander Elst

At the onset of the Pandemic, I lost my mother; I had just flown back from being with her and I would not be able to return to pay my last respects. Simultaneously, my eldest son was preparing to leave for college, and the comfort of our daily routines, established for years were about to end abruptly.

Featured Stories

architectural photography of Julia Anna Gospodarou

architectural photography of Julia Anna Gospodarou

Architect and International Award-Winning B&W Fine Art Photographer, Julia lives in Athens and has a passion for both architecture and photography, doing them with the same dedication and joy.
Waiting Girls by Sadegh Souri

Waiting Girls by Sadegh Souri

In Iran, death penalty is given to the children for the crimes such as murder, drug trafficking, and armed robbery. According to the Islamic Penal Law, the age when girls are held accountable for their crimes is 9 years old, while the international conventions have banned the death penalty for individuals under 18.
Stories Retold by Lukas Vasilikos

Stories Retold by Lukas Vasilikos

His influences from Henri Cartier-Bresson to André Kertész and from Garry Winogrand to Josef Koudelka and Roy De Carava, as well as from the great Greek photographers, older and contemporary such as Nikos Economopoulos, enrich the inspirations and form the photographic aesthetics of the new author.
Why Drag? by Magnus Hastings

Why Drag? by Magnus Hastings

Magnus Hastings is a portrait photographer whose current series of large-scale photographs, and accompanying book, Why Drag?, focuses on the phenomenal artistry and counter-cultural spirit of the international drag scene.
Dear Japanese: Children of war by Miyuki Okuyama

Dear Japanese: Children of war by Miyuki Okuyama

The Netherlands made contact with the Indonesian archipelago in the 16th century. Over three hundred years of contact with the Dutch gave rise to a population of Indo-Europeans—Dutch citizens sharing both European and Asian ancestry.
Photographs; North Carolina State Fair by Avery Danziger

Photographs; North Carolina State Fair by Avery Danziger

I have been photographing the North Carolina State Fair since the early 70's. One of my oldest memories was the yearly outing of my family going to the State Fair in North Carolina, starting when I was 6 year old.... 
Northern Siberia; Like Last Year’s Snow by Oded Wagenstein

Northern Siberia; Like Last Year’s Snow by Oded Wagenstein

In the remote village of Yar-Sale in Northern Siberia live a group of elderly women. They were once part of a nomadic community of reindeer herders.
Terri Gold ; Poetic infrared imagery

Terri Gold ; Poetic infrared imagery

Terri Gold is an award-winning photographer known for her poetic infrared imagery of people from the remote corners of the world. She is a storyteller who is happiest when she is in a world that is unknown to her.
Self-portraiture; Made in the shade by Chloe Meynier

Self-portraiture; Made in the shade by Chloe Meynier

Made in the shade project was selected and published in our print edition 18. Through a mise-en-scene self-portraiture series, Made in the Shade depicts characters in Mid Century Modern settings, mirroring an era that was aspiring for change.
François Mitterrand by Diego Goldberg

François Mitterrand by Diego Goldberg

I lived in France from 1976 to 1980. While there I had been covering the Socialist Party and when François Mitterrand decided to be a candidate again for the presidential elections I wrote him a letter with a project to document his campaign from the inside, with total access to his private and political activities.
Michele Palazzo ; Street Photography

Michele Palazzo ; Street Photography

Michele Palazzo. Italian by blood, Architect by training, and Photographer by heart. Visual storyteller, weaving narratives through people’s movements and emotions. He lives and operate in New York.
Wildlife portraits by Nick Dale

Wildlife portraits by Nick Dale

I wanted to be a photographer when I was 15, but my mother said I could always take it up later – so that was that for 30 years! I ended up reading English at Oxford and working as a strategy consultant for a few years
Portraits with Wet Plate Collodion by Paul Alsop & Luke White

Portraits with Wet Plate Collodion by Paul Alsop & Luke White

Wet Plate Collodion is a historic photographic process that was pioneered and used in the In the mid to late 1800's by an English photographer called Frederick Scott Archer.
Greenland; Stories from the Sea by Camille Michel

Greenland; Stories from the Sea by Camille Michel

Greenland became politically independent from Denmark in 1979 and is slowly getting on the path to economic independency. The ‘ice country’ is currently facing the consequences of climate change.
Planet Earth; The Elements by Paul Bride

Planet Earth; The Elements by Paul Bride

Trying to explain the concept behind my photography is never as fun as actually pressing the shutter button. Why do I try so hard to create the images I dream about? Why developed a style over the years in an attempt to define how I see the world?
Erik Johansson ; An Amazing World

Erik Johansson ; An Amazing World

Erik Johansson is a photographer and retoucher from Sweden based in Prague, Czech Republic and Sweden. He is working on both personal and commissioned projects with clients all around the world. Erik Johansson doesn't capture moments, he captures ideas.

Trending Stories

Parkinson’s disease; Semaphore by Torrance York

Parkinson’s disease; Semaphore by Torrance York

After discovering that she had Parkinson’s disease, Torrance York focused her camera on the challenge to integrate this life-altering information into her sense of self. In Semaphore York’s photographs speak metaphorically about her shift in perspective post-diagnosis.
Sympathy for the devil by Guillaume d’Hubert

Sympathy for the devil by Guillaume d’Hubert

This serie is impregnated with the extravaganza from the period this song was written, the character is beautiful, human and animal, graceful and brutal.
Interview with Jose Girl

Interview with Jose Girl

Jose Girl was born in Zaragoza in 1977, currently residing in Los Angeles; as a photographer she is intimately related to the rock world. Author of 3 books on this photography subject, her great vocation is portrait photography where she develops her full potential as an artist with a unique look endowing her images with a strong personal stamp
Kawah Ljen by Manlio C. De Pasquale

Kawah Ljen by Manlio C. De Pasquale

The Ijen volcano complex is a group of composite volcanoes in the East Java, Indonesia; in the crater of this active volcano there is a famous sulfur mine and here, for about 40 years, about 400 miners are lowered into toxic fumes and extract the element from the sheets of the volcanic walls.
By the River by Ian Flanders

By the River by Ian Flanders

Ian Flandres first visited Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2011 where he stumbled across a young street-prostitute prospecting along the Mekong River. After a brief discussion he became struck and ultimately haunted by the look of despair and desolation in her eyes.
Far North by Irene Tondelli

Far North by Irene Tondelli

“Old, wild, north. Kiruna is the northernmost town in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. More than a decade ago, the mining city of Kiruna made a big decision: to move itself brick by brick 3 km to the east.
Isolated with Covid 19 by Anirban Mandal

Isolated with Covid 19 by Anirban Mandal

I was diagnosed positive with Covid 19 along with symptoms of headache, complete loss of smell, coughing and a lot of tiredness on May 2nd 2021. Life changed somewhat and I shifted myself to an isolated stay in the apartment in Newtown, Kolkata.
Greece; Living Laboratory by Milos Bicanski

Greece; Living Laboratory by Milos Bicanski

In the minds of most of the world, the iconic image of Greece's collapse is one of angry, masked protestors clashing with police outside parliament. But anger is only one of the myriad of emotions Greeks are experiencing as they try to weather this crisis.
Photography and Identity; Walk by Abdo Shanan

Photography and Identity; Walk by Abdo Shanan

Abdo Shanan, born in 1982 in Oran-Algeria to Sudanese father and Algerian mother, studied telecom engineering in University of Sirt-Libya. After graduation in 2006 my life has taken an unexpected turn to photography, ever since photography became my Identity.
What Makes a Great Fine Art Architectural Photograph? by Sharon Tenenbaum

What Makes a Great Fine Art Architectural Photograph? by Sharon Tenenbaum

Every person you ask might have a different answer to that question, however, from my experience, there are a few key factors that are imperative to transforming a just good image to a great one.
Introduce to the place sondeshkhali by Arko Dip Mukherjee

Introduce to the place sondeshkhali by Arko Dip Mukherjee

A tiny happy place called ' Sondeshkhali 'the name was notified by the locals,Unexpectedly i went to that place where people are heavenly live their life, basically i was about to go there seraching for to see'Tiger'or 'Deer' because the place in the sundarban Area
Five minutes with Alice Zilberberg

Five minutes with Alice Zilberberg

I predict that my work is going in a personal direction that is driven from my personal life and experiences. I find myself re-inventing what I do every few years, so I will never know exactly what’s next.

Other Stories

stay in touch
Join our mailing list and we'll keep you up to date with all the latest stories, opportunities, calls and more.
We use Sendinblue as our marketing platform. By Clicking below to submit this form, you acknowledge that the information you provided will be transferred to Sendinblue for processing in accordance with their terms of use
We’d love to
Thank you for subscribing!
Submission
Dodho Magazine accepts submissions from emerging and professional photographers from around the world.
Their projects can be published among the best photographers and be viewed by the best professionals in the industry and thousands of photography enthusiasts. Dodho magazine reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted project. Due to the large number of presentations received daily and the need to treat them with the greatest respect and the time necessary for a correct interpretation our average response time is around 5/10 business days in the case of being accepted.
- Between 10/30 images of your best images, in case your project contains a greater number of images which are part of the same indivisible body of work will also be accepted. You must send the images in jpg format to 1200px and 72dpi and quality 9. (No borders or watermarks)
- A short biography along with your photograph. (It must be written in the third person)
- Title and full text of the project with a minimum length of 300 words. (Texts with lesser number of words will not be accepted)
This is the information you need to start preparing your project for its presentation
To send it, you must compress the folder in .ZIP format and use our Wetransfer channel specially dedicated to the reception of works. Links or projects in PDF format will not be accepted. All presentations are carefully reviewed based on their content and final quality of the project or portfolio. If your work is selected for publication in the online version, it will be communicated to you via email and subsequently it will be published.
Contact
How can we help? Got an idea or something you'd like share? Please use the adjacent form, or contact contact@dodho.com
Thank You. We will contact you as soon as possible.
Submission
Dodho Magazine accepts submissions from emerging and professional photographers from around the world.
Their projects can be published among the best photographers and be viewed by the best professionals in the industry and thousands of photography enthusiasts. Dodho magazine reserves the right to accept or reject any submitted project. Due to the large number of presentations received daily and the need to treat them with the greatest respect and the time necessary for a correct interpretation our average response time is around 5/10 business days in the case of being accepted. This is the information you need to start preparing your project for its presentation.
To send it, you must compress the folder in .ZIP format and use our Wetransfer channel specially dedicated to the reception of works. Links or projects in PDF format will not be accepted. All presentations are carefully reviewed based on their content and final quality of the project or portfolio. If your work is selected for publication in the online version, it will be communicated to you via email and subsequently it will be published.
Get in Touch
How can we help? Got an idea or something you'd like share? Please use the adjacent form, or contact contact@dodho.com
Thank You. We will contact you as soon as possible.