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Arez Ghaderi was born in July 31th, 1987 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran. He studies Photojournalism and documentary photography at University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover, Germany. He has been taking photos since 2001 and he has worked on different collections of portraits and social documentaries.He has had five personal exhibitions and more than 30 group exhibitions in photo galleries in Iran and further countries. Awards: Overall Winner Transversalities – Photography without borders 2023 Honorable Mention of Portugal Tranversalidades in the cultural section, 2022. Winner of Photography Contest IM/AGE-19, 2022 Grand Prize of InterAction’s 16th Annual Photo Contest Winners 2018 Honorable Mention of Siena International Photo Award 2017 UNICEF Photo of the Year 2016 Winner of gold medal from PSA Norouz Tajikistan 2016. Winner of Portugal Tranversalidades in the cultural section, 2016. Winner of honorary medal in the 9th International Emirates Photo Competition, 2015. Winner of the 35th NIKON Photo Contest, 2015. Winner of the gold medal in the 9th International Biennial Exhibition of Child Photography Poland 2014. Winner of honorary medal in Slavonia International Mask Photo Contest 2012. Winner of the 17th International Youth Photography Contest Iran 2010. Winner of 14 awards in Iran national photo festivals.