NIMA TARADJI

Editorial & Documentary Photography

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By Nima Taradji Photography — Third project I worked on during the Summer of 2019 was about Gorelovka, Georgia. Life in Gorelovka, a small village in southern Georgia about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Armenian border, is not easy. Not during the winter which lasts about seven months, nor during the rest of the year when the focus is preparing for winter. In July, however, Gorelovka is picturesque as great lush plains...

By Nima Taradji Photography — During the Baltimore Uprising resulting from the killing of the 25 year old Freddie Gray by the Baltimore Police, Congressman Elijah Cummings (D) representing the 7th District was present on the scene every night at curfew time inviting the protestors to comply and go home and avoid any conflict with the police. Elijah E. Cummings, died earlier today Thursday October 17, 2019 in Baltimore of...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Four years ago, the Supreme Court of the United States legalized same sex marriage across the United States. While that was certainly a great step forward in the fight against discrimination, it was not enough to prevent it in the day to day professional lives where a person who is gay may still be fired for being gay. Today, the SCOTUS will hear several cases stemming from the question about...

By Nima Taradji Photography — July 2019- Hasankeyf, Turkey: Hasankeyf is a 12,000 year old village on the banks of Tigris River in Southeastern Turkey near the Syrian and Iraqi borders. It has survived Persians, Romans, Ottomans, and the modern era and is one of 80 or so villages that will now succumb to Turkeys growing need for electricity and power which will be provided to some extent by the now finished Ilisu Dam....

By Nima Taradji Photography — Writer Lisa Vignoli and I went to a multitude of places in Chicago where art and culture were served ans Lisa wrote about it for Madame Figaro Magazine and my pictures went along with it...   Galeries indépendantes, musées et foires internationales, Chicago, la conscience de l’art La grande métropole du lac Michigan connaît un bouillonnement...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Thanks to Louisa Barnes and The Pew Charitable Trusts for their confidence in me for the photography along with a story written by Steve Hendrix of Washington Post. The story illustrates the fact that there are more similarities than difference between people living in the cities, suburbs and farmlands. A multi-day assignment in various locations in Wisconsin.   Trust Magazine | Three...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Xochimilco, the southern borough of Mexico City, is home to a 430-year-old image of Child Jesus (or NiñoDios) called Niñopa or Niñopan. Each year a family is given the honor of housing and caring for the NiñoDios.  On February 2 of each year the community of Xochimilco celebrates as Niñopa transitions to his new home for the year.    ...

By Nima Taradji Photography — July 4, 2019 - Chicago, Illinois, United States: Fourth of July celebration in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen neighborhood has been a port of entry for immigrants for the past 150 years: first for Eastern Europeans before becoming a Latino and Mexican-American neighborhood. It is located on the near Westside of Chicago and is very youthful, vibrant and culturally diverse. (Nima...

By Nima Taradji Photography — April 2019 - Mexico City, Mexico. An outtake from my upcoming new project about religion and culture in Mexico City. Watch this space!! #mexicocity #mexico #xochimilco #documentry #documentaryphotography #travel #travelphoto #photography #peoplephotography

By Nima Taradji Photography — I see Notre Dame is on fire and roof has allegedly collapsed. I visited it back in the 80s and took this picture--which is a cliche but it is one I like most. Paris, France - Circa 1985. Zorki IV, Tri-x 400.

By Nima Taradji Photography — I photographed the Iraqi Refugee Hazim Avdal. He is sponsored by George and Amal Clooney and is studying at the University of Chicago. For Der Spiegel Magazine, January 2019.         "George und Amal Clooney gaben mir den Glauben an die Menschlichkeit zurück"           Der Jeside Hazim Avdal verlor beim Einmarsch des...

By Nima Taradji Photography — I am having my third edition of a two-day workshop on the weekend of February 23 and 24th, 2019. As before, it will be at the Richard Stromberg Chicago Photography Classes and there is a limit of 12 students. The last two times I had this workshop we sold out both times and so those interested should move rather quickly to sign up!!   Street Photography Workshop - Chicago Photography...

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 12, 2019 - Madison, Wisconsin: Anthony Dunsel from the United Patriots holds his rifle while deliberately walking through the counter protestors during the "We The People" rally. We The People rally brought together about two dozen armed individuals from various locals who wanted to display and exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.  "The government...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Finnaly got a bit of time to update my Environmental Portrait page with some of my latest work.         Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Environmental           Portaits by Nima Taradji         

By Nima Taradji Photography — I recently got rid of all my  old film era equipment which allowed me to get enough money to pay for a new flash - the ProFoto A1. But, I still have the Minolta flashmeter in my  bag!         Hooked on the Classics: Vintage Gear Photographers Can't Part With           We spoke with several photographers to learn about the...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Web version here: https://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/amerique-nord/barack-obama-face-a-la-fronde-des-noirs-de-chicago_2033079.html#c7havTcYxQt0BKvb.01

By Nima Taradji Photography — In the spring of 2018, I along with writer Alan Cassidy on assignment for Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger , entered Sidney High School, expecting to meet a bunch of Yosemite Sam looking, gun-slinging, trigger-happy yahoos intent on shooting anything that moves.  Much to my surprise, I met a group of people, whose logical and methodical approach to gun violence made me, perhaps not a...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Lost Paradise "This people has attained riches without usury, and all the honours that can be awarded to slavery without intrigue. But they have long occupied,...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Nima Taradji Editorial and Documentary Photography, Crucified Via Crucis or The Living Stations of the Cross is the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. It has taken place for the past four decades in the...

By Nima Taradji Photography — March 24, 2018- March For Our Lives, Chicago, Illinois.

By Nima Taradji Photography — Crate & Barrel’s CEO, Neela Montgomery, photographed on location for The Wall Street Journal. Why Crate and Barrel’s CEO Isn’t Worried About Amazon Three years ago, Crate and Barrel had little social-media presence, but it now has more than one million Instagram followers and produces more digital content than photographs.

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 20, 2018 - Chicago, Illinois, United States: An estimated crowd in excess of 300,000 Chicagoans marched in downtown Chicago commemorating the first anniversary of the Women's March. The organizers who have dubbed this year's march the March to the Polls hope to galvanize women to vote for progressive causes.  https://www.instagram.com/p/BeL71aonbFm/

By Nima Taradji Photography — January 7, 2018- New Orleans, LA - Member of the Perfect Gentlemen Social & Pleasure Club, Rapper T. Lyons, rests at a stop along the Second Line route. January 7th marked the start of the Parade Season which lead to the Mardi Gras Parade on February 13, 2018. Second line is a quintessential New Orleans tradition. It is a brass band parade where the main section is comprised of the...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Adeus às armas Professor Benjamin Lessing diz que Estado e autoridades policiais deveriam deixar claro que certo nível de narcotráfico pode ser tolerado, mas sem violência

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By Nima Taradji Photography — I am counting the days, hours, minutes and seconds until my flight to New York and then the bus ride to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop... XXX!!!

By Nima Taradji Photography — Moments before the Totality is reached. A crowed of about 14,000 gathered in the Saluki Stadium at the Southern Illinois University Campus in Carbondale, Illinois to view the Solar Eclipse. Carbondale is in the total solar eclipse path that stretched across the entire United States, reaching its point of greatest duration a few miles south of the City. This region in southern Illinois is...

By Nima Taradji Photography — A man offers for sale a framed Art Print entitled 'Freedom Riders' by artist Kolongi Brathwaite which depicts leaders including President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle Obama, Tupac Shakur, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Coretta King, Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz, Huey Newton, Nelson Mandella, Bob Marley and Muhammad Ali riding horses together, at the Bud Billiken...

By Nima Taradji Photography — Becaboo M. Ornelas and two children do promotional work for The Brothers Car Club of Elgin, Illinois during the Slow & Low: Chicago Lowrider Festival . August 6, 2017. Lowrider culture began in the desert somewhere. Whether it started in the actual desert shared by El Paso, Texas and New Mexico, or whether it emerged from the socioeconomic desert along Whittier Boulevard, that’s still...

By Nima Taradji Photography — I was more interested in the folks going to the concert than the concert itself... Some images taken around the Wrigley Field (home of the Cubs) where the Grateful Dead played on July 1, 2017.