Hamed Barchian

Hamed Barchian

  • Photojournalist
  • Publisher

Selected Recognitions

  • Pulitzer Center Grantee

Hamed Barchian is an Iranian photojournalist, based in Gorgan, Iran.

From 1989 to 2012, and as a self though photographer, he worked with major local Iranian news agencies and dailies, such as Hamshari and Fars News Agency while he was studying computers at university. To pursue his dream of photography, Hamed left university in late 2012 and started to work on more in-depth and on longer documentary projects. Later in 2019 he joined NVP Images as an associate photographer. Aside from being a photojournalist, Hamed has been involved with the publishing industry for such a longtime. AS a result, Its been over 4 years that he is running his own printing company in city of Grogan.

Walking On A Blade

Walking on a Blade is a Group photographic project that seeks to illuminate the less travelled road and to glimpse into the lives and daily struggles of daily workers in the time of Coronavirus.

Selected Projects


The Manual Charcoal Factory

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Gorgan Production Date | 2020-05-15 – (2020 Grant recipients of Pulitzer Center) This manual charcoal packaging workshop is located in the city of Gorgan, in the province of Golestan, Iran. The workshop employs ten workers, of whom six are women, and has…

The Mask Company

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Aq Qala Production Date | 2020-11-02 – (2020 Grant recipients of Pulitzer Center) This mask production workshop is located in an industrial area 15 km away from the city of Gorgan, in the north of Iran. Originally a manufacturer of fabric covers, the…

Aq Qala Flood

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Golestan Production Date | 2019-03-24 The Golestan floods, caused by heavy rains starting on 19 March, have affected a total of 10 cities in northeast Iran (The cities of Gorgan, Bandar Turkman, Azad Shahr, Aq Qqala, Gonbad-e Kavus, bandar-e Gaz, Ali Abad,…

pigeon Keepers

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Tehran Production Date | 2019-03-21 The keeping of pigeons has always been a component of Iranian culture. Pigeons, which in the past were a source of natural fertilizer used for agriculture and horticulture, had a special place among domestic animals in Iran,…

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