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Mohammad Kheirkhah Zoyari also known as "Moe Zoyari" (born 24 June 1986) is an Iranian-American photographer who worked for United Press International, and British Broadcasting Corporation from 2005 to 2015. He started his work as a photographer at the age of 14. After covering Iran's nuclear program, earthquakes, and political turmoil, he expended to cover events in Middle East, Europe and the Unites States. At the age of 21 he won the Award of Excellence Picture of the Year International. His photos have been published in national, and international journalist including Newsweek, Time, Le Figaro, among others. Mohammad left Iran for good after the turbulent aftermath of Iranian presidential election, 2009 and went to Afghanistan for 44 days to be an embedded journalist with U.S. Army, and is now based in San Francisco, California. He is a photo contributor to Associated Press, and a photography writer for Deutsche Welle.

Awards

 * Invitee at The White House for the annual Instagram Meet – 2015
 * Grand winner of New York Times photo hunt in Brooklyn, New York 2015
 * Best photographer of the year (PDNedu) – 2012
 * Iran’s best documentary photographer – Image of The Year Publication – 2008
 * Award of excellence from Missouri School of Journalism (Picture of The Year) – 2007

Exhibits & Lectures

 * Guest lecturer at College of San Mateo – California 2011
 * Photo Exhibition of Forgotten Colors – Sunnyvale Public Library, California 2010
 * Photo Exhibition at University of Putra – Malaysia 2009
 * Photo Exhibition of 30 Years of Iranian Photography, Monnaie de Paris, France 2009
 * Guest lecturer – Faculty of Social Sciences, Tehran University, Iran 2009
 * Manager of a week long workshop for Iranian photographers, Tehran 2008
 * Photo Exhibition of Difficulties of Being a Woman in Iran, Oldenburg, Germany 2007
 * Photo Exhibition of Just For Foreign Policy, New York, NY 2005

Publications

 * Exile: A photo book featuring Iran, India, Afghanistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, Germany, and the U.S. (2012) ISBN: 978-0-9857770-1-2

Websites

 * Photos of Zoyari on United Press International
 * An interview with Empty Kingdom