Raj Steven

Raj Steven (2 August 1984) is an Azerbaijani photographer, mentor and storyteller.

Biography
Raj Steven was born in Sumgayit on 2 August 1984. As a child he studied piano. He won a camera in a piano competition, and became interested in photography. He studied photography in Turkey, and later worked with peacekeepers in Afghanistan.

Photography career
In 2001, he entered the Photography Department at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul, Turkey, and in 2005, he successfully completed his study. In 2005–2006, he participated to master classes in Sweden to study innovations in the art of photography. Starting in2006, he began his professional career in the field of photography.

In 2007, he went to Turkey and started to continue his actions in the field of photography there. Besides this, he became closely acquainted with and learned program languages, sociology, and psychology from professional teachers in this area. Returning to Baku in October 2009, he began to work for ANS TV.

Since 2016, he has been engaged in teaching the sociological and psychological aspects of photography.

In 2017, he held a master class on "Architectural photography" in Istanbul, Turkey, and in 2018, a master class on "Photo technics" was organized by the company "Canon Azerbaijan".

Published works

 * 2014 — "Discovery Azerbaijan" – Azerbaijan nature.
 * 2016 — "V-Nine Fashion Project"