Ramin Mazur
PhotographerRamin Mazur was born on the Dniester river’s left bank – part of the Moldavian Soviet Republic that later became the internationally unrecognized state of Transnistria in 1991. After graduating from the Journalism Department of the Moldavian State University in Chișinău, Ramin began working as a photo reporter with various print media in the country, while simultaneously pursuing personal projects. Since winning the Human Rights and Photography Magnum Foundation Scholarship, he has been mainly focused on independent storytelling, basing much of his work on observations of his own country and neighbouring states during their period of transition.