Mehran Mafibordbar

Mehran Mafibordbar

  • Visual Storyteller
  • Educator

Selected Recognitions

  • Pulitzer Center Grantee

Mehran Mafibordbar is a documentary photographer and instructor, based in the city of Qazvin, Iran. He has a Bachelor of Art with a major in Graphic Design. Since 2007, Mafibordbar has documented lifestyle and cultural matters and humanitarian subjects in his surroundings.

His in-depth vision towards the social and cultural movement of Iran was  praised by the industry over the last decade. As a result, he has received numerous local awards and recognition.

As a challenge, and to push the boundaries for himself, Mafibordbar experimented with the marriage of documentary and artistic approach to  expose the beauty of this world and in this path, he found the settled modern vision of storytelling. In 2014, he became a photography instructor and has run a number of workshops around the country besides teaching at the university. In 2017, Mafibordbar joined the NVP Images as an Associate Photographer.

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.

Latest Updates


Hooshang Ebtehaj Funeral


Hooshang Ebtehaj FuneralAugust 24, 2022In News……

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Walking on a Blade, Recipient of the Pulitzer Fund


Walking on a Blade, Recipient of the Pulitzer FundJuly 10, 2020In News…

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Selected Projects


By reflecting the true image of his subjects, his photographs aim to capture the essence of the persons in such a way that he hopes will impact the lives of those who see his photographs, and provoke the same impact as he felt whilst capturing the foresaid images.

Ebtehaj laid to rest in home city

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Rasht Production Date | 2022-08-27 Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made him a major figure in his own country and in world literature, died on Wednesday in Cologne, Germany. He was 94.The body of…

Sanaz, The Kickboxing Coach

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Babol   Production Date | 2020-11-23 – (2020 Grant recipients of Pulitzer Center) 28-year old Sanaz resides in the city of Babol, in northern Iran, and works as a martial arts instructor. She started playing sports at the age of five, and has 13 years of…

The Scale Company

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Ghazvin Production Date | 2020-04-22 Due to the decrease in traffic on Iranian roads as a result of COVID-19 Pandemic and the practice of self-isolation, Ali; 55 years old 1-year contract manager at the scale company, has nothing to do but to watch his…

Kabood

Project Location | Middle East, Iran, Ghazvin Production Date | 2018-11-16 Different stories, thoughts and theories have left an unforgettable marks on their bodies. Each one carries a unique tale come out of the  from various parts of the history, with an specific subject. To displaying their…

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