About me
Omid is a Los Angeles-based Photographer and filmmaker. He began his journey as a filmmaker through photography. He gradually became infatuated with photographing people in daily ordinary settings. He was influenced by the portraitist movement in photography because of its resemblance to cinematography.
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Growing up in Iran and Europe, he was deeply influenced by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Yosef Karsh, Peter Lindbergh and Richard Avedon, The classic portrait and fashion photographers who were well-known because of composition, color and portraits.
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He pursued his a BFA in Film at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco. His films are mostly inspired by Persian poetry.
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"Every time I take a walk, I absorb the visual elements around me, capturing them like a camera and transforming them into a story. My eyes help me interpret my surroundings, like a camera creates the frame for a photo. My reality through my eyes has a cinematic quality to it; that helps me to transform reality to the movie project." Omid.