I'm a Persian-Canadian fine art photographer whose work is shaped by memory, migration, identity, and place. Over nearly two decades, I've been drawn to subjects that hold something just beneath the surface—landscapes, objects, historic spaces, and imagined emotional states. Some projects stay close to lived experience; others move toward fiction. I return often to the uneasy space between belonging and distance, and to the way memory changes what we think we know. Rather than explain everything, I want the photographs to leave room for uncertainty, atmosphere, and the viewer's own reading.
Shervin Yektaparast
I pick up my camera to find the beauty in the simplest moments
Shervin Yektaparast is a Persian-Canadian fine art photographer whose practice explores memory, migration, identity, and the emotional resonance of place. Working across conceptual portraiture, landscape, and historical subjects, he constructs photographic narratives about absence, belonging, and the traces we carry across borders. His work has been presented internationally, and he is based in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada.
Portfolio
Exhibitions & Features
Solo Exhibition
Art Deco in Persian Style – Samin Art Gallery, Tehran (2016)
Group Exhibitions
RAW Artists – Toronto, Canada (2023)
Best of Black & White – India Habitat Center, Delhi, India
Travel Photographer of the Year – Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, USA (July 19 - September 6, 2024)
Street Photographer of the Year – Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, USA (June 28, 2024)
Art of Photography – Valid World Hall, Barcelona, Spain (September 13-15, 2024)
"MASK" Group Exhibition – House of Artists, Tehran, Iran (2025)
Dubai Exhibition – Dubai, UAE (December 1-31, 2024)
Publications & Features
Featured in Shutter Bug Magazine