Ramin Mazur is a documentary photographer who practices classical approach on the verge of finding new forms of using visual language in photography based art. Graduating from the Journalism Department of Moldavian State University in Chisinau he began to work with different print outlets in his country as a photo reporter. Desire to dedicate more time to investigate subjects and topics led him to start to work on independent projects and. After attending the “Human Rights and Photography Magnum Foundation Scholarship” in 2013 he focuses mostly on independent storytelling, based on observation of his own and nearby countries' realities in their transition time.
Part of Panos Pictures.
phone: +373-60-424123
e-mail: ramin.mazur@gmail.com
EXHIBITIONS
2025/03 - Grains of Distortion at Memories of the Future, or Beyond the Shadows of Empires group exhibition/ full ⇔ empty / Tokyo / Japan
2024/10 - Grains of Distortion at SCA 2024 in frame of Coridor project at Casa Zemstvei/ Chisinau/ Moldova
2024/04 - Rural Carnival at My Path Is Not a Myth group exhibition at Iusty Gallery in Chisinau / Moldova
2024/02 - Rural Carnival at Carnivalesque group exhibition at community center in Cincu / Romania
2023/11 - Rural Carnival at Twisted Lullabies group exhibition at Matca Gallery / Cluj / Romania
2023/09 - Rural Carnival at National Museum of Art / Chisinau / Moldova
2022/11 - Left Bank at nEUROPA gallery / Dresden / Germany
2022/08 - Rural Carnival at VIVID festival / Vadul Lui Voda / Moldova
2022/07 - Rural Carnival screening at Outernet London / UK
2019/07 - Left Bank as part of "We are there where we are going" exhibition / Pasinger Fabrik / Munich, Germany
2018/11 - Left Bank as part of "Transnistria, portrait by young photographers" exhibition/ ZOIS office / AFF Gallery / Berlin, Germany
2018/10 - Process series as part of "People.Places.Processes" exhibition/ MYART Week/ Mykolaiv, Ukraine
2018/07 - Process as part of "People.Places.Processes" exhibition/ Taras Shevchenko Museum / Kyiv, Ukraine
2017/06 - Left Bank / Latarka Gallery / Budapest, Hungary
2017/03 - Beyond91 Cafe Babel Project exhibition / Berlin, Germany
2016/11 - Left Bank / KOSK gallery / Munich, Germany
2016/11 - The Everyday Projects Exhibition / Foto Istanbul Festival / Istanbul, Turkey
2016/09 - Power of Press Photography exhibition / Deva / Romania
2015/10 - The Everyday Projects Exhibition / Foto Istanbul Festival / Istanbul, Turkey
2015 - Butterfly Disease at The Photography Show / Birmingham, UK
2015 - “Waiting for better times” group exhibition / Zachęta Project Room / Warsaw, Poland
2014 - “Two on the Black Sea” at European Month of Photography / Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut / Berlin, Germany
2014 - Screening at Colorful Guizhou’s PhotoChina Original International Exhibition / Guiyang, China
2014 - Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House/ London, UK
2014 - “Transnistria” / group exhibition at Minsk Festival of Photography / Minsk, Belarus
2014 - “Euromaidan. The true story” / group exhibition in 8bitgallery / Kyiv, Ukraine
2013 - “Butterfly Disease” / Photo Circle festival / Vilnius, Lithuania
2012 - “Butterfly Disease” , open air exibition / Chisinau, Moldova
CLIENTS
Liberation, Die Zeit, NZZ, FT magazine, TIME, L'express, WSJ
Terre des hommes, UN Women, UNDP, European Commission,
AWARDS
2023 - EU Neighbours Photo contest finalist / Tbilisi, Georgia
2020 - Fotodemic grant recipient / USA
2019 - Winner of photo contest "We are there where we were going. A reverse look into tomorrow" / Munich, Germany
2019 - Nomination for The Innovation Award of European Press Prize as part of Are We Europe production team
2019 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018 - PX3 Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris curatorial selection / Paris, France
2018 - World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass nominee / Amsterdam, Netherlands
2017 - EyeEm Awards Winner, Photojournalist category / Berlin, Germany
2015 - “30 Under 30″ Magnum Photos and The Photography Show
2014 - Shortlisted in “Current Affairs” category at Sony World Photography Awards / London, United Kingdom
2013 - The Circle of Life competition finalist and nominee / Vilnius, Lithuania
2013 - Magnum Foundation Human Rights Fellowship / New York, USA
2011 - Council of Europe Youth Media Award / Strasbourg, France
EDUCATION
2013 – New York University, Tisch School of Art,Photography and Human Rights / New York, USA)
2011 – Moldavian State University, Journalism Department / Chisinau, Moldova