Farnaz Damnabi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1994.
After graduating in Graphic Design and completing a Master’s in Photography at the University of Art in Tehran, she became a freelance photographer and a Main Member of the National Iranian Photographers’ Society (NIPS).
She has exhibited in international shows and has received numerous awards and acknowledgements including the Honorable mention at the Golden Orchid International Photo Festival (USA) in 2017. The same year, she won the first edition of the PABA International Photo Competition (Washington DC, USA) and in 2018 she came first in the 10th edition of the Global Photography Contest in China. In 2019, she received an honorable mention at the Hahnemühle Student Photo Contest in Germany and was one of the winners of the UNPUBLISHED PHOTO contest; since 2020 some shots from her ‘Playing is my right’ series have become part of the permanent collection at MUSEC, Museo delle Culture in Lugano, Switzerland.
Photography is an opportunity for her to look around and pay attention to what others might not notice.
She currently lives and works in Tehran.