BIO

Colby Rostam Sadeghi (b. 1983, US ) is an Iranian-American photographic artist residing in Brooklyn, New York. Sadeghi’s work is made using one of the earliest of photographic techniques; the wet-collodion photographic process, producing one-off positives onto glass or iron plates.

Sadeghi embraces this medium and the process imposed by its use as it compels him to take a slow, mindful approach to the intimate moment he is connecting with in real time.

Born 1983 in St. Petersburg, FL, United States
Resides and works in New York, NY, United States

Exhibitions

2024 Winter Photo Show, group exhibition, Brooklyn Grain Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Alternative Processes Competition, group exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Soho Photo National Competition, group exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Polaroid is Not Dead 2, group exhibition, l'hotel Pasteur, Rennes, FRA
2017 Thru the Rabbit Hole, group exhibition, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 96.8 Miles: Brooklyn to Saugerties, group exhibition, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
2016 Sadeghi+Custins, two person exhibition, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Colby Sadeghi - New Works, solo exhibition, Lot23 Gallery, NZ
2016 Polaroid is Not Dead, group exhibition, L'hotel Pasteur, Rennes, FRA
2016 Sadeghi+Custins, two person exhibition, Thievery Studio, Auckland, NZ

Awards

2023 Winner, FRESH 2023 People’s Choice Award, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2023 Finalist, FRESH 2023, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, US
2023 Finalist, Portrait Awards 2023, LensCulture, INT’L.
2023 Editor’s pick, Art Photography Awards 2023, LensCulture, INT’L.
2022 Finalist, 2022 Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, US
2022 Finalist, National Competition 2022, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, US
2022 Winner - 2nd place, AAP Magazine #24 “PORTRAIT”, US
2022 Editor’s pick, The Human Body, Life Framer, INT’L.
2020 Finalist, Top 100 Polaroid Artists, Polazine Magazine, IT

Publications

2023 FRESH 2023 Exhibition Catalog, US
2022 Musikexpress Magazine, DE
2022 Rolling Stone Deutschland Magazine, DE
2022 AAP Magazine #24” PORTRAIT”, 2nd place winner, US
2020 Polazine Magazine, Top 100 Polaroid Artists 2020, IT
2017 Hylas Magazine, issue 01 'Loss', UK
2016 Monochrome Magazine, issue 04 'Instant', AU
2016 Threaded Magazine, issue 20 ''New Beginnings', NZ

Collections

Works held in private collections in the United States, France, Spain, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.