Reza was born in Tabriz,Iran,in 1952.He studie architecture at the university in Tehran but he didn't become an architect. When he was a teenager,Reza loved photography and,after university,he got a jop with a local newpaper as a photographer. But he didn't want to take photo of local news and in 1978 he want abroad and he took photo of wars. Nowadays he works for National Geographic magazine.