Soheil Shahbazi is a professional photographer and videographer with over 16 years of experience.

Honors & Achievements

• Official Member of the Iranian Photographers Society

• Four photographs accepted by the Photographic Society of America (PSA)

• Four photographs accepted by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)

• Two photographs published in the “Best Photos of the Year 2012” magazine in the United Arab Emirates

• Four photographs accepted by United Photographers International (UPI)

• Official Member of the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)

• Featured in an exclusive interview in Digital Photo Magazine (UK), 2014

• Awarded a Bronze Medal and Honorary Diploma in the MILSET Science Photo Contest, 2015

• Scientific photographer for the book Atlas of Crabs of the Persian Gulf, published by Springer (Germany), 2017

• Collaborated with Samsung Digital Agency Iran on international mobile photography challenges, 2018

• Ranked among the Top 5 Photographers in the Macro Portrait of Fauna category at the 5th 35AWARDS, 2019 (Moscow, Russia)

• Ranked among the Top 35 Macro Photographers and featured in the 5th 35AWARDS Catalogue, 2019–2020 (Moscow, Russia)

• One photograph selected among the Best of the Best Winged Insect Photographs at the 35AWARDS, 2021 (Moscow, Russia)