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Reza Javidi — Professional CV
A career spanning art, academia, media and technology, from technical support and systems administration to theatre photography, directing, teaching and information science research.
CURRENT ROLE
Theatre photographer, director, lecturer and researcher
His current professional focus includes performance photography, teaching, a public archive of his work, and research into information retrieval and artificial intelligence.
Academic status
PhD student in Information Science and Knowledge Studies
University of Tehran
Teaching and academic collaboration
Soore University
Teaching and educational activities related to art and photography.
University of Art and Architecture
Teaching and academic collaboration in art and photography.
Islamic Azad University, West Tehran Branch
Teaching at the West Tehran Branch.
Directing and writing
- Jujman (ژوژمان) — writer and director; opened on 7 May 2026. Mehr interview.
- The Unfinished Curtain (پرده ناتمام) — director of the research performance presented on 22 November 2024. Production record.
- The Prisoners’ Dilemma (معمای زندانیان) — director of the performance written by Arefeh Askari Saraei, presented on 12 January 2023. Production credits.
- Coral Blue (کرال بلو) — short-film director and screenwriter. Film credits.
Photography and documentation
The public Tiwall archive includes photo reports of theatre productions and arts events credited to Reza Javidi.
Selected photographs have been accepted in international salons under FIAP patronage. Selected recorded results:
- Patronage year 2025 — IAAP Silver Medal for Untouched at Art Photo 2025, Montenegro; FIAP Ribbon for Dream Ballet at the 3rd Ontario 2025 International Exhibition of Photography, Canada, Open Color (B).
- Patronage year 2026 — RSF Bronze for Veins of Memory at the Malmö International Exhibition of Photography, Sweden; Georgian Silver for the same work at 7-th Georgia Photo Salon, Georgia.
- Patronage year 2026 — Rod Wheelans Medal for Carnival of Shadows at the 77th Midland Salon, England.
Selected recognition and festival selections
2025 — 3rd Hafez Theatre and Music Awards: best poster designer and photographer for Varagh-ol-Khial; ceremony held on 1 March 2025. Winners report.
Two photographs by Reza Javidi appear in the selected-work list for the photography section of the 44th Fajr International Theatre Festival. Selection announcement, 10 December 2025.
Corporate & Commercial Work
Selected photography and visual-content projects for Nestlé Iran, undertaken on a project basis.
Professional association work
Board member and former chair of the Theatre House Photographers Association, with experience in judging and documenting the visual memory of contemporary theatre.
Books: authorship and translation
Dictionary of Information Science — authored by Reza Javidi; Chapar Publishing, 20 chapters and 560 pages. Published in Persian.
Primitive Classification — by Émile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss; Persian translation by Erfan Ranjbar, Nadia Azizi and Reza Javidi; Chapar and Asatir Parsi.