Sheed Award is an independent, non-profit and non-governmental photography award that goes to a social documentary photographer annually. Founded in 2010 the award is known for encourage and promote social documentary among Iranian photographers.
That annual contest has since grown into one of the most prestigious awards in documentary photography.
Pakistan floods; Sheed Award 2010 winner
A Story by ©Behrouz Mehri
Secretary: Roshan Norouzi
Jury: Ed Kashi, Kamran Jebreili, Kaveh Kazemi, Jahangir Razmi and Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Nominees: Majid Saeedi, Hossein Fatemi, Abotaleb Nadri, Behrouz Mehri, Hamed KHorshidi, Ali Hamed Haghdoost and Mohammad Reza Soltani
Winner: Behrouz Mehri
Grape garden alley; Sheed Award 2011 winner
A Story by ©Tahmineh Monzavi
Secretary: Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
Jury: Shahidul Alam, Manoocher Deghati, Kaveh Kazemi, Mohsen Rastani and Hossein Fatemi
Nominees: Azin Haghighi, Abolfazl Nesaei, Babak Bordbar, Tahmineh Monzavi, Hamed Badami, Sina Shiri and Mohammad Reza Soltani
Winner: Tahmineh Monzavi
Daddy poured acid; Sheed Award 2012 winner
A Story by ©Abolfazl Nesaei
Secretary: Newsha Tavakolian
Jury: Patrick Witty, Alfred Yaghobzadeh, Mohsen Shandiz, Behrouz Mehri, Abbas Kowsari
Nominees: Azin Haghighi, Abolfazl Nesaei, Faranak Rezaee, Seyed Madyar Shojaeifar, Jalal Shams Azaran and Mohammad Reza Soltani
Winner: Abolfazl Nesaei
Future was ruined in the Classroom; Sheed Award 2013 winner
A Story by ©Abdollah Heidari
Secretary: Mehdi Ghasemi
Jury: Stephanie Sinclair, Manoocher Deghati, Mahmoud Kalari, Newsha Tavakolian, Ali Agharabi
Nominees: Behrouz Mehri, Jalal Shams Azaran, Hamed Nazari, Hanif Shoaie, Abdollah Heidari, Maryam Rahmanian and Masih Mostajeran
Winner: Abdollah Heidari
Sheed Award 2014; No winner announced.
Jury: Mehran Mohajer, Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Mehdi Vosough Nia, Jalal Shams Azaran, Arash Khamooshi
Nominees: Hamidreza Dastjerdi Amlashi, Mehdi Moradpour, Erfan Kouchari, Javad Maktabi, Javid Tafazzoli and Mohammad Reza Soltani
Winner: No Winner Announced
The People Without Sea; Sheed Award 2015 winner
A Story by ©Jalal Shams Azaran
Jury: Nader Davoodi, Reza Moatarian, Arash Khamooshi, Behnam Sadighi, Abbas HajiMohammadi
Nominees: Meead Akhi, Asghar Khamseh , Jalal Shams Azaran, Soheila SanamNo, Bahar Mohammadian, Shaghayegh Moradian Nejad, Mehdi Nosrati
Winner: Jalal Shams Azaran
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Flashing lights; Sheed Award 2016 winner
A Story by ©Adel Pazyar
Jury: Seifollah Samadian, Yumi Goto, Behrouz Mehri, Newsha Tavakolian, Mohammadreza Soltani
Nominees: Adel Pazyar, Azin Haghighi, Abdollah Heidari, Sadegh Souri
Winner: Adel Pazyar