Behdad Esfahbod Photography

Behdad Esfahbod viewed from behind wearing a Canon camera strap in a gallery

Bodies, bonds, places, and moments that linger.

Selected works have appeared in group exhibitions in Edmonton and Calgary.

Content advisory: partial nudity.

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Markéta posing before a window covered in white floral line art

Bringing Style to Edmonton

2026 · Canada · Model: Markéta

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White ribbed interior of the Oculus rising toward a blue skylight above an American flag

American Cathedral

2024 · New York, United States

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Markéta seated in a burgundy outfit, holding a small green vessel above a black high-heeled shoe

Burgundy

2025 · Canada · Model: Markéta

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Markéta seated in warm sunlight, hugging her knees while wearing mismatched socks

Life Socks

2025 · Canada · Model: Markéta

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Markéta lying awake in blue light, viewed past her bent knee

Awake?

2024 · Canada · Model: Markéta

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A tattooed figure seen from behind, turning in motion on a bed

Afterimage

2022 · Canada

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Black-and-white portrait of a figure concealing their face with their hair and hands

Shy

2023 · Canada

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Black-and-white portrait of Asal kneeling and folding inward, her back turned toward the camera

Fold

2021 · Canada · Model: Asal

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Black-and-white bare-chested self-portrait of Behdad wearing double-framed glasses

Fluid

2020 · Canada · Self-portrait

During mania, my identity can feel expansive and unbound. The doubled glasses hold distortion and clarity together; the exposed pose lets masculinity and femininity coexist in one body.

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A figure looking down as projected light traces their body against a cosmic background

Rebirth

2023 · Canada

A body suspended between sonogram and night sky. Projected imagery by Electric Sheep, an open-source collaborative fractal animation project.

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Black-and-white long exposure of a hooded figure beside a car, surrounded by ghostly figures and bright lights

Don’t Drink & Drive

2021 · Canada · Self-portrait

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A protester holding a Persian freedom sign above their head amid a moving airport crowd

Freedom

2017 · California, United States

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Gillian smiling in her living room between framed artwork and a sunlit window

Gillian at the Sentinel

2021 · Canada

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Black-and-white family scene around a dinner table with Irene, Douglas, Mania, and Robin

Irene, Douglas, Mania, & Robin

2021 · Canada

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Black-and-white portrait of a laughing child with her hair sweeping sideways

Irene I

2024 · Canada

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Mehraveh smiling in warm evening sunlight against a rocky California landscape

Mehraveh, Sunkissed

2024 · California, United States

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Irene holding an ice cream cone at a mountain lake, wearing bright green sunglasses and yellow clothes

Irene & Ice Cream

2024 · Canada

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Irene crouching among stones beside a river beneath forested cliffs and a mountain

Irene by the River

2020 · Canada

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Three skewers of grilled meat arranged on a wooden board beside fresh basil, surrounded by grass

Basil

2020 · Canada

No Behdad photo album is complete without a little foodbombing.

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Donald Duck and Minnie Mouse characters posing before Russian-style architecture under a stormy sky

Cartoon

2016 · Inner Mongolia, China

A Russian cathedral and American cartoon characters, reconstructed together in Inner Mongolia near the Russian border.

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Roadside sign with large Chinese characters beneath much smaller vertical Mongolian script

Contempt

2016 · Inner Mongolia, China

Chinese dominates the sign while Mongolian is relegated to a much smaller line above, despite the expanse of unused space below.

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