Javid Nikpour Explained

Javid Nikpour
Birth Place:	Tehran, Iran
Occupation:	Photojournalist
Years Active:	1999 - present

Javid Nikpour (born 1976) is an Iranian photojournalist^[1] and sports photographer.^[2]

He was photo manager of Iranian photographers in Four Olympic Games (Beijing, London, Rio and Tokyo) and Four Asian Games (Doha, Guangzhou, Incheon and Indonesia).

In 2015, Nikpour won first and third place in the Istanbul Photo Awards, and in 2016, he was one of the winners of the Award of Excellence in Pictures of the Year International.^{[3] [4]} He won the Grand Prix of Paris Sport Photo in 2019.^[5]

Life and work

In 2015, he received an Art first-grade diploma in photography (Equivalent degree of PhD) from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. He founded Podium Photos in 2016.^{[6] [7] [8]}

Awards

^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

• 2004: 2nd place of digital photo on nature
• 2005: 2nd place of sports photo festival of Iran
• 2006: 1st place of 3rd specialized festival for sporting press of Iran
• 2008: The best place in sport photo festival in Islamic Republic Revolt
• 2009: 1st place in Photo sports festival of Iran
• 2009: 1st place "Ma Mitavamm" festival of Iran
• 2009: Top members of Eleventh Iran Photo Biennial
• 2011: 2nd place for the First Festival National On Cooperatives photo
• 2015: First and 3rd place of Istanbul Photo Awards in Sports Story
• 2016: Award of Excellence in 73rd Pictures of the Year International (POYi) winners
• 2016: The best place in 8th Fadjr International Festival of visual arts
• 2018: 1st place of IPPY (Iran press photo of the year) in Sports Single
• 2019: Grand Prix and 1 st place of the Paris Sport Photo Festival^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015-06-12. Lensculture. Lens Culture.
2. Web site: 2011-05-04. افتتاح سایت جاوید نیکپور. 2020-06-25. عکس آنلاین. fa-IR.
3. Web site: nasimonline.ir. نیکپور مقام اول جایزه عکس استانبول را کسب کرد. 2020-06-25. نسیم آنلاین.
4. Web site: 2015-04-07. تصاویری که ایران را صاحب بهترین عکس ورزشی مسابقات استانبول کرد. 2020-06-25. خبرآنلاین. fa.
5. Web site: Soirée de remise de prix Paris Sport Photo. 2020-06-25. www.sportphoto.paris.
6. Web site: Magiran روزنامه جام جم (1397/04/26): عکاسی ورزشی هنر است. www.magiran.com.
7. Web site: گفتگوی دوربین.نت با جاوید نیکپور. 2020-06-25. آپارات - سرویس اشتراک ویدیو. fa.
8. Web site: 2017-05-09. Podium Photos Exhibition. Podium Photos Exhibition.
9. Web site: 2019-06-26. برگزیدگان سومین دوره اعطای نشان عکس سال مطبوعاتی مشخص شدند. 2020-06-25. خبرآنلاین. fa.
10. Web site: جشنواره‌ها و رویدادهای ملی هنری و فرهنگی - جشنواره عکس ما می توانیم - دوره هشتم. 2020-06-25. www.artfest.ir.
11. Web site: مراسم اختتامیه پنجمین جشنواره هنر مقاومت- اخبار خبری - اخبار تسنیم - Tasnim. 2020-06-25. www.tasnimnews.com.
12. Web site: انجمن عکاسان ایران - جاوید نیک پور و حامد کیا عکاسان برگزیده هشتمین جشنواره تجسمی فجر. 2020-06-25. www.nips.org.ir.
13. Web site: اثر ٤ عکاس ایرانی بین ٣٠ اثر برتر جشنواره جهانی ایپس. 2020-06-25. www.isja.ir.
14. Web site: 2019-05-11. Paris Sport Photo Awards. Paris Sport Photo Awards.