Friendly talk with Arthur Bondar, on Creative Thinking, Bookmaking and the “Signatures of War” project. Arthur is a Moscow based documentary photographer. He is a former Magnum Foundation fellow and former mentee of VII Photo Agency. Bondar has Published 6 books so far and Collaborated on many creative projects … Continue reading







Salman Samdaliri, is a documentary photographer based in Iran. He lives in city of Chaloos; North part of Iran and documents the developments of that region. He started his photography journey almost 4 years ago to fulfill his passion for visual drawing. Street photography became his first choice and … Continue reading →


Marcel Gerou Niagara Falls Say what you may about the above statement; but a year and a half of intensive critiques, submissions, and rejections did not teach me anything about my art. It just revalidated something I already knew; the world is harsh and cruel. Reject my art, fine, show … Continue reading →






NVP Images is proud to announce the results of the Development Grants held on July 2019. The response we received for the same was extremely overwhelming and it was very difficult for us to choose the winners. But a competition has no value without a winner, hence after a lot … Continue reading →





Toronto, Canada, 29 July 2019: The NVP Images is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2019 development grant. After 6 days of in-depth reviewing the receiving proposals, following individuals were short listed to be considered for the grant: Darya Nazeri, from Razavi Khorasan Province Mostafa Mirtaleb, from Mazandaran Province … Continue reading →
Congratulation to Jalal Shamsazaran and NVP team for the deserved award in POY76. Project “The Wind Will Take Us Away” with the focused of aftermath of drought in South-East part of Iran, has won the First place in Environmental Vision Award at Prestigious Picture Of The Year.
We are delighted to announce that Cooking Humans project by Kianoush Saadati has won the best project of NVP Storytelling Workshop 2018 in Iran. He received 20,000,000 Rials and 3 months extra support from our team to push his development further. Since then he constantly worked on his project and … Continue reading →







One December 21st, 2018 we started 8 days workshop of Storytelling in Tehran, Iran. During these time selected 11 students started to develop their ideas, researched and prepared themselves for shooting under supervision of 5 instructors. Through this 8 days, we had 3 long day indoor workshops and 3 half … Continue reading →







On November 14th, 2018, we have started a 3 day of long meetings with our grant winners to finalize their project. We came all to city of Tehran, to meet the last chapter of the year long journey. 3 grants winners brought what they have produced during past 8 months … Continue reading →


Where: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran When: Dec 21 – 28, 2018 ( آذر ۳۰ تا ۷ دی ) duration: 7 days (3 days classes – 4 days development) Subject: Developing Personal Project ( ایده تا اجرا ) Contact: 0902 202 2448 Instructors: A) Pooyan Tabatabaei / Former Magnum Foundation … Continue reading →




Where: Gorgan, Golestan Province When: 3 – 4 Azar ( Nov 24 – 25, 2018) duration: 10 Hours – 2 days Subject: Storytelling in Photography Contact: 0902 202 2448 As part of the education commitment of the NVP Images, we are running a 2 days workshop in the … Continue reading →









Toronto, Canada, 24 March 2018: The NVP Images is pleased to announce its first-time award winners for the 2018 development grant. After 5 days of in-depth review of the receiving proposals, following individuals were short listed to be considered for the grant: Enayat Asady, from Tehran Abed Jalilpouran, from Kurdistan … Continue reading →









Dear Friends, No one can prepare you for a loss; it comes like a swift wind. It is with profound sorrow to inform you all about the sudden and sad demise of Levon Haftvan (51 Years); great actor, Artistic director and old colleague of the NVP. Levon left us on … Continue reading →


The NVP 2018 grant competition will begin accepting applications on Feb 17th , 2018 The NVP Images awards grants to emerging and professional visual documentary photographers, to help them produce, develop and finalize projects that inspire change by addressing topics that are socially significant. The NVP Development Grant recipient will … Continue reading →


































NVP Images had received an overwhelming number of requisition for the Tehran 2017 Workshop. After reviewing all portfolios, Selection Committee decided to extend 7 more seats for the participants to attend the workshop. Therefore 2 days of intensive photography marathon started by 22 participants and took place at a beautiful … Continue reading →



ARTE Creative: asaman Dehmyani accompanied a friend with her camera and documented how he distances himself from a society that denies him and sinks into loneliness. He likes to make up, but he can not show himself on the street like this. Although the new generation is more courageous than … Continue reading →




We are pleased to announce the next NVP Visual Storytelling Workshop, taking place in upcoming fall in Tehran, Iran. Visual storytelling is a critical component in a today’s media brand’s strategy. This intensive two days workshop, designed for advanced amateurs and professional photographers. Pooyan Tabatabaei; as an instructor of the … Continue reading →