Parisa Azadi

A Canadian visual journalist.Based in Iran and Dubai. Available for assignments in the Middle East and Worldwide @ Redux Pictures / Based in Tehran, Iran

Parisa Azadi is a Canadian visual journalist and storyteller with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement. She is based between Tehran, Iran and Dubai, UAE and is available for assignments and commissions in the... read on
Focus: Photojournalist, Researcher, Travel, Foreign, Portraiture, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments
Skills: Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Photo Assisting, Color Correction, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Processing
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Available in: Tehran, Iran
Focused on: Photojournalist, Researcher, Travel, Foreign, Portraiture, International News, Freelance, Humanitarian, Assignments
Skilled at: Research, Translator, Image Archiving, Photo Assisting, Color Correction, Photo Editing, Photojournalism, Film Processing
Coverage Regions: Africa Asia Latin America Middle East USA & Canada
Languages Spoken: English, Farsi
HEFAT certification? yes
Parisa Azadi is a Canadian visual journalist and storyteller with a keen interest in history and conflict, memory and displacement. She is based between Tehran, Iran and Dubai, UAE and is available for assignments and commissions in the Middle East and worldwide. Parisa is fluent in Persian and English. She is HEFAT certified by VICE Media and Control Risk.

For over a decade, Parisa has worked extensively in the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and Canada. She has reported politically sensitive issues such as missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, the illegal practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Uganda, and religious extremism in South Asia. Since 2015, Parisa has been working in the Middle East, examining the nuanced dynamics of communities living in the aftermath of political violence.

In 2023, Parisa was selected by the British Journal of Photography as 'Ones to watch' as well as for the South Asia Incubator Program in Nepal and the Magnum Foundation Mobility Grant. Parisa’s work has been presented in group and solo exhibitions across Europe and her work has been recognized by the World Press Photo 6×6 Global Talent Program. Parisa earned the Chris Hondros Fund Award (Eddie Adams Workshop, 2019) and a Women Photograph Emergency Fund grant (2020). Parisa was short listed for the Magnum Counter Histories Initiative, the Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship and the PH Museum Women Photographers Grant. Her photographs have been published by The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue, Associated Press, Courrier International, Annabelle Magazine, Malala Fund, International Rescue Committee, among others.