I’m Morteza, born in Tehran. My first encounter with photography goes back to a simple digital camera I received as a gift in early adolescence. At the time, capturing images felt more like a pleasant pastime than a serious path to follow.

Years later, after completing a master’s degree in psychology, I found the opportunity to return to photography with a deeper perspective—this time shaped by questions about personality development and psychological schemas. My background in psychology has profoundly influenced how I approach subjects and how I perceive the relationship between people, space, and memory.

Over five years, I gradually expanded my knowledge and experience through a wide range of workshops and courses—covering lighting, digital image editing, and more specialized fields. A turning point came in 2020, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when I began to seriously explore analog photography.

Since then, I’ve taken part in courses in philosophy and art history, fundamentals of visual arts, photo analysis and criticism, advanced photographic design, and darkroom techniques. This path remains ongoing and deeply engaging for me.

Today, my focus lies in working with large format view cameras, along with developing and printing my own film. Through my personal projects, I aim to create a bridge between lived experience and visual expression.

Most of the images on this website haven’t been updated since 2020. This apparent stillness reflects a conscious effort to present more refined and cohesive bodies of work, which I intend to share here when the time feels right.