Photographer
Rahi Rezvani was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from Tehran University of Art, and in 2008 a Master’s degree in photography from The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Rezvani started working with Nederlands Dans Theater in 2006 and is since the company’s resident photographer. He has collaborated with performance artist Marina Abramović, Atelier Versace, and photographed various artists and designers such as Donatella Versace for 1843 magazine and GQ Magazine UK, Gucci designer Alessandro Michele, Ricardo Tisci and Willem Dafoe. Rezvani captured the imagery and portraiture for the Royal Ballet Flanders’ 2018 reincarnation of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande by Damien Jalet and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. The production included sets by Abramović and costumes by Iris van Herpen. Rezvani won the Best Art Vinyl award for Editors’ 2018 album Violence.