Sinna Nasseri

Sinna Nasseri (born in Los Angeles, CA) is an Iranian-American photographer.[1] His work focuses on documentary photography and portraiture, and it appears frequently in the New York Times and Vogue.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

Nasseri attended Fordham University School of Law.[5] Until 2017, Nasseri was a lawyer for Latham & Watkins.[1]

Work

In 2020, eight of Nasseri’s photo essays were published by Vogue[6] documenting the ways Americans responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the 2020 presidential election.[2][3][7][6] In 2021, Nasseri’s photographs of a Stop the Steal rally in Arizona were used in the second Impeachment trial of Donald J. Trump.[8][9] In 2022, Nasseri was commissioned by Vogue to photograph the Met Gala, themed “In America: An Anthology of Fashion.”[3] In 2023, New York Times published Nasseri’s “Plane Spotters” photo series.[10]

The New York Times’s article “2023 in Retrospect: 59 Photographs That Defined the Year in Arts” included six photographs by Nasseri.[4] Images included portraits of Michelle Williams,[11][4] Henry Diltz,[12][4] and John Stamos,[13][4] documentation of the Oscar Nominees Luncheon,[14][4] and the “Plane Spotters” photo series.[10][4]

The Guardian’s article “The photographs that defined 2023 – and the stories behind them” included Nasseri’s documentation of Burning Man.[15][16]

References

1. "Exposure: Photographer Sinna Nasseri". Creative Review. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
2. "Sinna Nasseri's Photographic Odyssey Across America Concludes in New Mexico and Texas". Vogue. 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
3. "Take a Trip Inside the 2022 Met Gala With Photographer Sinna Nasseri". Vogue. 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
4. Greenawalt, Marysa; O’Neill, Laura; Ruben, Jolie; Webster, Amanda (2023-12-26). "2023 in Retrospect: 59 Photographs That Defined the Year in Arts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
5. Pearce, Russell; Nasseri, Sinna (2012-01-01). "The Virtue of Low Barriers to Becoming a Lawyer: Promoting Liberal and Democratic Values [with Sinna Nasseri]". Int'l J. Legal Prof. 19: 35.
6. "Sinna Nasseri". Vogue. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
7. Peterson, Pia (2020-11-23). "He Set Out To Photograph The Country. He Never Predicted What 2020 Had In Store". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
8. Trump's second impeachment trial: February 10, 2021 (DAY 2), retrieved 2024-01-16
9. "Scenes from Election Protests in Maricopa County Arizona". TIME. 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
10. Nasseri, Sinna; Bengal, Rebecca (2023-03-21). "Why Look at Planes?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
11. Buchanan, Kyle (2023-01-04). "Meet the Newer, Bolder Michelle Williams". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
12. Pappademas, Alex (2023-11-14). "He Won't Stop Taking Pictures Until He's Partying on the Other Side". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
13. Shattuck, Kathryn (2023-10-17). "John Stamos Is Done With Being Someone's Idea of John Stamos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
14. Buchanan, Kyle (2023-02-14). "At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, a Crowd in Cruise Control". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
15. Gilbert, Sarah; Saner, Emine (2023-12-26). "The photographs that defined 2023 – and the stories behind them". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
16. "I Didn't Bring Food to Burning Man. Here's How I Survived the Week". Bon Appétit. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2024-01-16.