Javid Nikpour

Javid Nikpour (born 1976) is an Iranian photojournalist and sports photographer.

He was photo manager of Iranian photographers in Four Olympic Games (Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo) and Four Asian Games (Doha, Guangzhou, Incheon and Indonesia).

In 2015, Nikpour won first and third place in the Istanbul Photo Awards, and in 2016, he was one of the winners of the Award of Excellence in Pictures of the Year International. He won the Grand Prix of Paris Sport Photo in 2019.

Life and work
In 2015, he received an Art first-grade diploma in photography (Equivalent degree of PhD) from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. He founded Podium Photos in 2016.

Awards

 * 2004: 2nd place of digital photo on nature
 * 2005: 2nd place of sports photo festival of Iran
 * 2006: 1st place of 3rd specialized festival for sporting press of Iran
 * 2008: The best place in sport photo festival in Islamic Republic Revolt
 * 2009: 1st place in Photo sports festival of Iran
 * 2009: 1st place "Ma Mitavamm" festival of Iran
 * 2009: Top members of Eleventh Iran Photo Biennial
 * 2011: 2nd place for the First Festival National On Cooperatives photo
 * 2015: First and 3rd place of Istanbul Photo Awards in Sports Story
 * 2016: Award of Excellence in 73rd Pictures of the Year International (POYi) winners
 * 2016: The best place in 8th Fadjr International Festival of visual arts
 * 2018: 1st place of IPPY (Iran press photo of the year) in Sports Single
 * 2019: Grand Prix and 1 st place of the Paris Sport Photo Festival
 * 2022: AIPS Media Award excellence
 * 2023: Showcased at the prestigious Rencontres d’ArlesPhotography Festival – Night of the Year event in Arles, France
 * 2024: First place in the POY Asia Sports Action category