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The Art of Majid Saeedi

Iranian-born photojournalist Majid Saeedi is a master storyteller who documents the resilience of the human spirit in the face of hardship. He first became well-known for his stunning reportage of conflicts in the Middle East. Saeedi was just 18 years old when he first traveled to the front lines of Iran and Afghanistan. He was subsequently named “Photographer of the Year” in his home country eight times and won many international photography awards. 

In more recent years, Saeedi has taken his skills in a different direction, stepping outside the war zone to photograph the everyday lives of people carrying on in extreme circumstances. “Today I prefer the opposite of what I preferred in my youth,” he said. “I want to share what others don’t see and maybe don’t appreciate.” Take a journey through Saeedi’s active Instagram page and you will see beautiful and important images of people for whom life goes on despite the surrounding chaos.

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