Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji

Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji (Persian: محمد رضا دومیری گنجی; born in November 1990) is an Iranian architectural, panoramic and tourist attraction photographer. He is known for his project to document mosque interiors and ancient sites photography, and his best-known project is taking pictures of the ceilings of these structures. He utilizes a variety of wide-angle and fisheye lenses, as well as occasional panoramic techniques to create beautiful new, often mind-bending images. He has two sets of photo series in architecture and landscapes of Iran, and the ceiling of Persian historical structures.

Early life Domiri Ganji was born in Babol on 7 November 1990, The son of Davood Domiri Ganji, a professor of Mechanical Engineering at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. From the age of 13, he took pictures of interesting places nearby, like forests and the Caspian Sea, with his digital camera. He studied and received his BS in Laser Physics at the University of Mazandaran and then changed his field of study to Architecture for MA at IAU South Tehran Branch. On his website, Ganji classifies his interests as architecture, panoramic, documentary, landscape, and conceptual photography, but he is best known for his photographs of Persian/Islamic buildings. Showing precise symmetry of forms in the repeated geometry of persian architecture is of the aspects of his style; he stated the symmetry is one of the distinguished elements in Iranian architecture. He tries to show it so that others can see the balance in their first look at his photos. The other photo series named "25 incredible photos that show the beauty of Iranian architecture" is the Ceiling project specifically about the ceiling of historical places in Iran. Ganji's collections been published by CNN, BBC, Yahoo, ABC, Spiegel, Il Post, MSN, Politiken, Blic and N24. His works has also been published in National Geographic, Trends, Civilization, Mental Floss, Quest.

Techniques and subjects Panoramic photography using wide-angle lenses besides utilizing colors and symmetrical angles and also using fisheye lenses to make kaleidoscope-like pictures are the main techniques he uses. Iran, The Great Beauty, Palazzo Gallone in Tricase, Italy, September 2019 A Voyage Through Iran’s Architecture, Azadi Tower in Tehran, Iran, March 2018 A Voyage Through Iran's Architecture, European Parliament, Seat of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, October 2017 Persian/Islamic Architecture, Clayarch Gimhae Museum, Gimhae, South Korea, August–December 2016 Schwerte, Germany, June 2015 Sharjah Islamic art festival, United Arab Emirates, December 2014

Awards 2015 - Shortlisted in panoramic section of Sony World Photography Awards. 2015 - Bronze Medal, Khayyam International Photography Awards. 2014 - Shortlisted in panoramic section of Sony World Photography Awards. 2014 - Gold medal for Best overall HDR Image, Epson Pano Awards. 2014 - 4th place in built environment section, Epson Pano Awards.

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