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Morteza Safataj is an Iranian photographer specializing in landscape and travel photography born in 1986. He is currently devoting most of his time capturing unique images of Iran, in particular remote and hard to get locations that have rarely been photographed. Whether for a personal project or an assignment, as a dedicated professional he camps for days in cold and inhospitable locations to capture that right image.
His interest in photography was love at first sight. His natural talent was quickly noticed in 2005 by his mentor, Mr. Hamid Reza Gholmrezeai. Under Gholamrezeai's mentorship, Morteza learned the skill of self-critiquing. He applied this skill not only for analyzing his own work, but also the work of the known masters. This self-education was critical in his growth as a photographer, an artist and a craftsman.At that time he was studying designing and engineering at university.
But his endless sense of love and interest in photography increased as high as that he abandoned his course at university and he Only took some hopeful steps in photography as fast as possible.
Soon devoted himself to his new way of life, that of a photographer.
Concurrently, he is working on his forthcoming photography book in Farsi to help educate and pass along his knowledge as a photographer.
Morteza's works have been published on books, calendars and postcards, his stock images are available at photographersdirect.com and he is available for assignments.
   

My Philosophy :

My intensive interest in the nature and different cultures caused me to improve in photography more than before. Improvement of technology, limitation of humans' time and our businesses and everyday involvements of our lives has caused us to enjoy the original beauty of the nature and visiting the historical and traditional cultural places less. The other point is that we have had neglected and had been destroying the earth and had unfair illogical treatments with the beautiful nature of the earth which is the best gift of god and the only place for humans to live which also belongs to future mankind. So, the least cultural and artistic work I could do to introduce and show the beauty of the nature and different cultures to future mankind and people who aren't able to view directly for any reason is done through the lens of my camera and the beautiful scenes I have captured. In case that you enjoy the beauty of the nature which is god's gift via one of my photos, it indicates that I have been successful in reaching my prophecies and goals in a high level. You might mind having some of these photos in your working place or your living place and enjoy watching them or you might want to give some of them as gifts to your friends in which case you could read the explanations about buying the photos in the "Sales" page. I'm expecting your suggestions and opinions for various collaborations.