Artist Biography
Hadi Salehi is a master of the art of analog photography. Salehi’s images capture diverse portraits that are powerful and soft, leaving a haunting quality that lingers in the psyche. Salehi seeks to create a collective awareness as a cultural messenger through his images, revealing quiet truths through his process-intensive works. With a career that spans more than 40 years, Salehi has closely documented cultural innovators such as Keith Haring, as well as developed an expansive body of analog, digital, film, and mixed media works. Hadi Salehi is a graduate of Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, and currently resides in Los Angeles.
Select Artworks
Shiva Loka (2019)
Edition of 3 +2 AP
Hadi Salehi
Layered Analog Negative Silver Print
40 x 38 in
The Meadow (2008)
Hadi Salehi
Layered inkjet print hand-calligraphed by the artist
56 x 42 in
Twins- Calligraphed (2006)
Hadi Salehi
Inkjet Hand Calligraphed by the Artist
40×30 in
Memory Written Not Forgotten (1998)
(1/3 + 1 AP)
Hadi Salehi
Type C Agfa, Analog Print
24 x 20 in
Select Exhibitions
Select Press
2019 Spectrum News, Iranian American Analogue Photographer Has First Solo Exhibit
2019 LA Weekly, Meet an Artist Monday: Hadi Salehi
2019 Kayhan Life London, Photographer of Simple and Honest Beauties; Hadi Salehi Exhibition in Los Angeles
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