Kiana Hayeri (born 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian photojournalist. She has won the Robert Capa Gold Medal (2020), Tim Hetherington Visionary Award (2020), and Leica Oskar Barnack Award (2022).
Life and work
Hayeri was born and grew up in Tehran, Iran. She emigrated to Toronto, Canada, as a teenager. she lived in Kabul, Afghanistan and works regularly for The New York Times and National Geographic.
Awards
2020: Robert Capa Gold Medal, from the Overseas Press Club of America
2020: Tim Hetherington Visionary Award from the Tim Hetherington Trust. A £20,000 grant for Promises Written On The Ice, Left In The Sun. 2020: James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, Online Journalism Awards from the Online News Association 2022: Leica Oskar Barnack Award