Seyed Babak Musavi

Seyed Babak Musavi was born on October 19^th, 1977, in Bam, Kerman. He received his bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from Bandar Abbas Azad University. He started photographing the wildlife in 2006 based on a personal interest. Meanwhile, he was also a free scholar at different universities and research centers in Iran, resulting in more than 40 projects of which he was either a contributor or a performer. The most important one was his role as a photographer and one of the authors in the Birds Atlas of Iran which was published in 2017.

Other projects:

• Atlas of Mammals of Iran; Photographer
• Atlas of Birds in Northern Khorasan Province; Performer
• Atlas of Vertebrates in Bushehr Province; Photographer and author of the birds’ section
• Identification documents of protected areas of Khorasan Razavi Province
• Investigation of species exposed to extinction in Hormozgan Province
• The status of Hubre in Hormozgan
• Studying the internal waters of Hormozgan

Awards in the field of photography:

• Gold Medal of the PIAP Nature Section of the Nowruz International Festival of Tajikistan, 2017
•  Being among one of the eight selected pictures in the Nature and Wildlife Section of the Sony World Photography Awards in UK, 2015
• Bronze Medal in the Khayyam International Festival of Nature, 2016
• A worthy photo in the Khayyam International Festival, 2017
• The second position of the biodiversity photography in the frame contest, held by the house of photographers of Iran and the Environmental Organization, 2008

 To see the book " Wildlife of Iran, where and how to watch and photograph wildlife of Iran" published by Seyed Babak Musavi click here.