عرفان دادخواه متولد ۶ اسفند ۱۳۶۵ و فارغ التحصیل رشته فیلمسازی از انجمن سینمای جوان و کارشناسی رشته الکترونیک از دانشگاه آزاد قزوین می باشد.عکاسی را از سال ۱۳۸۵ با عکاسی خبری شروع کرد و پرسش هایش او را به سمت عکاسی مستند اجتماعی کشاند. در سال های اخیر «سرگردانی انسان» موضوع اصلی مجموعه هایش بوده است.
وی در چندین نمایشگاه داخلی و خارجی از جمله "نگاهی به عکاسی معاصر ایرانی" در مارسی ، "ایران فتو " در مرکز بین المللی هنر پاریس ، "ایران - سی و هشتمین سال" در فستیوال جهانی آرلس فرانسه حضور داشته است. از جمله جوایز او در عکاسی عبارتست از: گرنت نهمین دوره جایزه عکس شید ( جایزه مستقل عکاسی مستند ایران) ، دیپلم افتخار جشن تصوير سال (بخش مستند اجتماعی)، نخستین جشنواره ملی جوان ایرانی (بخش مستند اجتماعی) و ...
او عضو انجمن صنفی عکاسان مطبوعاتی و انجمن ملی عکاسان است و دبیر عکس آژانس ایران ایمیجز است و عکاسی خبری را با خبرگزاری ایسنا در ایران شروع کرده و با مجلات و خبرگزاری های داخلی و خارجی از جمله اکونومیست ، الجزیره ، لموند ، و خبرگزاری فرانسه و آسوشیتد پرس و ... همکاری کرده است .
او تاکنون مدیر فیلمبرداری چندین فیلم کوتاه از جمله دروازه بان هانوفر ، خاطرات یک بالکن ، پاراسمی و ... بوده است.
او عضو گروه هنری "واحه" و "ممات" است که در زمینهٔ هنرهای تصویری و به ویژه عکاسی معاصر در ایران فعالیت می کنند. همچنین او مدیر هنری استودیو ماهی و دپارتمان ماه است.
· SUMMARY
Erfan Dadkhah started taking photographs at the age of 20 by attending classes at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society. His interest in social and documentary photography came from culture of Iranian. He lives and works in Iran.
· EDUCATION
2012 B.S of Electronic Engineering, Iranian Azad University
2007 Diploma in Photography and Film Directing, Iranian Young Cinema Society
2017 Andreas Ross's workshop inspired by Arno Fisher's training method , Portfolio Review - Silk Road Gallery , Iran
· PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCECS
2019 Iranian Photojournalists' Association
2018 Contributor of Middle East Images Agency | MEI is a photo agency that shows visual narratives of the Middle East
2018 Editor of Iran Images Agency | An Iranian photo agency which focuses on collecting and categorizing images of Iran
2006 - 2017 Photojournalist at ISNA News Agency, FARS News Agency and IRNA News Agency
2009 Member of National Iranian Photographer's Society
2010 Art director of the Mahi Studios. New born and fine-art wedding photography and videography studio
2014 - 2015 Photo editor of Payam Shahr and Sakhteman magazine
· SELECTED AWARDS
2018 Grant Selection Ninth Sheed Award , The Independent Iranian Documentary Award
2017 The 2st prize of “Architecture and Beauty” category of the 7th national photography festival of Firoozeh - Tabriz, Iran
2016 Honorable Mention of the 4th “Sorkh O Siyah Be Rang Eshgh” National Photo contest –Tehran, Iran
2016 Honorable Mention of the 4th national festival of “Khaneye Doost” – Mashhad , Iran
2011 First prize of the 5th Festival of the Press and News Agencies – Qazvin , Iran
2010 First prize of the 4th Festival of the Press and News Agencies – Qazvin, Iran
2009 Diploma of Honor of the 7th Annual Picture Celebration, Mohsen Rasoulof Award (Tasvir Sal) - Iran, Tehran
2009 The 3st in documentary photography at the First National Iranian Young Festival
2008 First prize of the 3th Festival of the Press and News Agencies – Qazvin, Iran
2006 First prize of the 2th National Student Memorial Festival in the Non-Art Students - Art University of Tehran - Iran
· EXHIBITIONS
2023 One step from where we are - Group photography exhibition - MERZ gallery , Scotland
2019 IRAN PHOTO (inside & outside) - Cité Internationale des arts gallery , Paris
2019 Looking at contemporary Iranian Photography - Maupetit Côté gallery, Marseille
2017 IRAN: YEAR 38, 66 Iranian photographers - JIMEI Citizen Center, Xiamen, China
2017 IRAN: YEAR 38, 66 Iranian photographers - ARLES Center, Arles, France
· BOOK
2017 Iran Annee 38, Photographs by Iranian photographers at the Arles Festival
2015 Kahrizak, A Living Window, narrated by 27 Photographer - Nazar Commentary
· Cinematography
2023 Short film : Dont open the door – Director : Bahador Roshan
2022 Short film : Three hundred and twenty-three months and a few weeks and a few days – Director : Peyman Fallah
2021 Short film : Parosmia – Director : Ali Lajevardi
2021 Short film : Hanover's goalkeeper – Director : Mehri Rahimzadeh
2018 Short film : Memories of A Balcony - Director : Mojtaba Mahmoudi
· MEMBER OF VAHEH ART GROUP
Since 1993, Vaheh has started its activities in the field of visual arts, especially photography, where the Qazvin Photography Month is one of those activities that is held with the theme of contemporary photography in Iran and the world.
Vaheh Art Group Activities:
Qazvin's first month of photography: talks about contemporary photography with the presence of Kaveh Baghdadchi | 2014 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin | Iran
Second Month of Qazvin Photography: City in Contemporary Iranian and World Photographers Project with Mehdi Vosouknia | 2014 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
Qazvin's third month of photography: speeches about staged photography | 2014 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
Fourth Qazvin Photography: Review of Representation and Reality in Thomas DeMend's Works with the Presence of Hasti Zahiri | 2014 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
The fifth month of Qazvin photography: The interaction between photography and painting with the presence of Mehdi Chitazh | 2014 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin | Iran
Sixth Month of Qazvin Photography: Documentary Photography with Art Approach | By Behnam Sedighi | 2015| Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
Seventh Month of Qazvin Photography: About Contemporary Documentary Photography | by Najaf Shokri | 2015 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
Eighth Month of Photography in Qazvin: Understanding Postmodernist Components in Photography With the presence of Zanyar Blurry | 2015 | Amphitheater of Mowlana Qazvin| Iran
Workshop of the Second National Qazvin Photo Festival: Representation and Reality in Modern Art With the presence of Mehdi Chitz Sazi and Reza Ghiyat | 2017
Workshop of the Second National Qazvin Photo Festival: About street photographers | by Mehdi Vosoughnia | 2017