Selected Publications & Writing 

  • 2026 Letter 07, Letter, Bisheh Project

  • 2025 Reimagining Artist Mobility and Cultural Exchange in the Middle East: South–South Possibilities and Obstacles, Essay, Badiyeh Arts

  • 2025 Contemporary Photography in Iran, Work, Aram Mohamadi, Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK

  • 2022 Contemporary Photography in Iran, Work, Aram Mohamadi, Aban Book, Tehran, Iran

  • 2018 Art and Cultural Exchange Amidst Political Treaty-Making and Breaking, Essay, Kooshk Artist Residency Annual Catalog

  • 2018 Regional Origins and Approaches, Essay, ZARD Magazine, Issue 006

  • 2017 Awareness and Understanding in the Context of Art and Culture, Essay, Kooshk Artist Residency Annual Catalog

  • 2016 Artist Residency, the Art of Residing, and the Encounter of Iran’s Contemporary Art with International Art, Essay, Kooshk Artist Residency Annual Catalog

  • 2016 A Platform for Creativity, Essay, Second Rybon International Artists’ Workshop Catalog

  • 2015 A New Chapter in Iran’s Cultural Policy, Essay, Kooshk Artist Residency Annual Catalog

  • 2015 Art in New York, Another Version, Essay, New York Close Up Screening Catalog

  • 2015 Sticker, Work, PIX Magazine, Issue 11 – SURGE

  • 2014 Review of Gregory Crewdson’s Work, Critical Review, Istgah Magazine, Issue 1

  • 2014 Review of Mehrdad Asgari Tari’s Work, Critical Review, PIX Magazine, Issue 8

  • 2013 Work, Hamshahri Dastan Magazine, Issue 21

  • 2012 A Season for Dialogue, Essay, First Rybon International Artists’ Workshop Catalog

  • 2012 Work, The British Museum Press: Autumn

  • 2012 African Textiles Today, Work, Chris Spring, The British Museum Press

  • 2011 I Have Been Here, Work, Talk Magazine, Issue 14

  • 2010 Peripheral Reality, Work, AKS Magazine, Issue 279

  • 2009 Work, Connaissance des Arts Magazine, Issue 80

  • 2007 Work, Creative Photography Magazine, Issues 13–14

  • 2007 Video Art, an Independent Media, Essay, Khabar Anjoman Magazine, Issue 6

  • 2007 Cover Photograph, Moj Magazine, Issues 3–4

  • 2005 Work, Canvas Magazine, Issue 1

  • 2004 Work, Tasavir Magazine, Issues 45–49

  • 2003 Mannequin, Work, AKS Magazine, Issue 194

  • 2003 Introduction to Digital Photography, Essay, Doorbin-e Akkasi Magazine, Issue 17

  • 2003 An Overview on Photography Websites, Essay, Doorbin-e Akkasi Magazine, Issues 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24

  • 2003 Searching on the Internet, Essay, Doorbin-e Akkasi Magazine, Issue 15

Selected Bibliography

  • 2020 Within the Spectrum of a Gaze: Tooraj Khamenehzadeh’s Inspired Tableaux Vivants, Review by Natasha Chuk, Photography Magazine, Issue 06

  • 2019 Underneath, It’s All Poetry, Review by Natasha Chuk, ZARD Magazine, Issue 009

  • 2019 Art and Cultural People's Attempts to Distinguish between Culture and Politics, Interview with Tooraj Khamenehzadeh by Farzaneh Shahriari, Eghtesad Honar, May 31

  • 2017 Artists’ Experience in Different Cultures and Different Environments, Interview with Tooraj Khamenehzadeh by Majid Foroughi, 10 Days with Iranian Photographers Magazine, Issue 6

  • 2014 Into the Apprehension Trap, Review by Saleh Tasbihi, Tajrobeh Magazine, Issue 256

  • 2014 Apprehension Jungle, Review by Najaf Shokri, Herfe Honarmand, Issue 51

  • 2013 Passing through Close Doors, Review by Saleh Tasbihi, Tajrobeh Magazine, Issue 208

  • 2007 Suspicious Existence, Review by Hasan Rajabinezhad, Kargah, August 15

  • 2007 Narrator of Captain’s Loneliness Room, Interview with Tooraj Khamenehzadeh by Arvin Ilbeigi, Moj Magazine, Issue 2

  • 2004 Critic Review for Three Photo Series of Tooraj Khamenehzadeh, Review by Mehrnegar Fariborz, Kargah, January 13

  • 2003 For the Audiences, Interview with Tooraj Khamenehzadeh, Daricheh Honar Magazine, Issue 9

  • 2001 Lost Piece of Two Young Photographers, Interview, Daricheh Honar Magazine, Issue 2

Cover of Connaissance des Arts magazine featuring a black-and-white photo of a man and four children in traditional Middle Eastern clothing, with a background of red flags and a crowd.
A close-up of a textured, colorful textile surface with overlapping fabric and woven material, overlaid with white text that says 'African Textiles Today' and 'Chris Spring'.
Two people with their heads covered by large red and black striped cloths, holding knives, on a magazine cover about staged photography.
A black-and-white photo of an elderly man in a military or police uniform, wearing a cap, standing behind a railing outdoors.
The cover of a magazine featuring a black and white portrait of a man with glasses, a cigarette in his mouth, and a mustache. The magazine has Persian text and a red banner at the top.
A book cover featuring a large yellow fingerprint and a film clapperboard illustration, with text in Arabic or Persian script at the top and on the cover.
Close-up black and white photo of a young girl with her tongue out, squinting eyes, and fingers pulling her ears. Overlaid text reads "Money can buy love" with part of the phrase misaligned.
Close-up of traditional Arabic calligraphy and geometric patterns on textured beige background.
Cloud formation over a blue sky with text in Persian and English promoting Iran photography and self-vision.
Cover of a Persian magazine featuring an elderly man with long white hair and beard, wearing a white shirt, raising his right hand with fingers slightly spread, against a white background.
A gray wall with the numbers 20 and 14 in white and green, and 15 in green, with the text 'kooshk residency' below.
A magazine cover featuring a black jumpsuit with an orange number 27/39 printed on the top left, and text in Persian, including the title 'عکاس' (Photographer) in red at the top right, dated July 2010, with a barcode at the bottom right.
Book cover for British Museum Press, Autumn 2012, featuring an illustration of a woman in historical dress holding a bow and arrow, sitting on a cushion.
A woman holding a young child closely, with the child looking over her shoulder. The image is in black and white.
A monochrome cover or page with an eye visible through fingers, surrounded by Persian or Arabic script and text.
Black and white portrait of a woman wearing jewelry, with a blurred double exposure effect, on the cover of a magazine.
Minimalist wall clock with blue geometric lines and the numbers "2016" on a gray background.
Book cover titled 'Contemporary Photography in Iran' by Aram Mohamadi, published by Palgrave Macmillan.
A group of people sitting outdoors near ancient stone columns, having a picnic with food and drinks as a scenic countryside background. Superimposed on the image is a graphic of a hand with geometric lines and a small red sailboat in the palm.
Gray wall with purple number 17 and the words 'kooshk residency' underneath.
Graphic poster featuring a colorful, artistic depiction of a Coca-Cola glass bottle, with text promoting the 'New York Close Up' exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Arts.
Cover of The Pakistan Issue of PIX magazine showing a man and woman in a playful, toy-like embrace on a patterned rug in a living room.
Event poster with a wooden background announcing the Rybon International Artists Workshop held from October 10 to 23, 2012, in Tehran, Iran.
Poster for the Second Rybon International Artists Workshop, November 2016, in Tehran, featuring illustrations of autumn leaves.
Yellow poster with black shapes and text, including some in Persian or Arabic script, and a molecular diagram at the bottom.
A woman floating horizontally holding a suitcase against a city skyline with a dark smoky sky.
Silhouette of a person holding a camera in a dark room with a large window behind and text overlay.