Shahrzad Darafsheh, born in Tehran in 1982, is a lens-based artist. She holds a BA in Photography from Azad University of Tehran and a Diploma in Film Editing from the Tehran Institute of Technology (MFT). Her approach to photography is fluid and exploratory, focusing not on a fixed subject but on the evolving narrative that emerges through the creative process. Rooted in personal experience, each project unfolds organically, often reflecting deeper, subconscious themes. Darafsheh received the Penumbra/Image Threads Collective scholarship in 2022 and the Urbanautica Award in 2023. Her work has been featured in various publications and she published monograph Half-Light (Gnomic Book) in 2008.