Javid was born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran.
He started photography in 2000. He has been working with National Olympic Committee of Iran as chief editor since 2002.
Javid received an Art first-grade diploma in photography issued by the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance in 2015.
He was photo manager of Iranian photographers in three Olympic Games (Beijing, London and Rio) and Four Asian Games (Doha, Guangzhou, Incheon and Indonesia).
He founded Podium Photos Group in 2016.
Awards :
2004 – 2nd place of digital photo on nature
2005 – 2nd place of sports photo festival of Iran
2006 – 1 st place of 3rd specialized festival for sporting press of Iran
2008 – The best place in sport photo festival in Islamic Republic Revolt
2009 – 1 st place in Photo sports festival of Iran
2009 – 1 st place Ma mitavanim festival of Iran
2009 – Top members of Eleventh Iran Photo Biennial
2011 – 2nd place for the First Festival National On Cooperatives photo
2015 – First and third place of Istanbul Photo Awards in Sports Story
2016 – Award of Excellence in 73rd POYi winners
2016 – The best place in 8th Fadjr International Festival of visual arts
2018 – 1 st place of IPPY (Iran press photo of the year) in Sports Single
2019 – Grand Prix and 1 st place of the Paris Sport Photo Festival
We hereby proudly announce that @javidnikpour has been awarded the grand prix of @parissportphoto 2019 for “After 40 years” story. The story “After 40 years” tries to focus on women who could enter the Azadi stadium to watch the screening of the football match between Iran and Spain and Iran and Portugal as well during FIFA World Cup 2018,…
A look at the nominees for the “Sports Category” of the World Press Photo Award 2019 The World Press Photo Foundation has selected the chosen photos for the sports category on the 2019 awards ceremony with the greatest concentration on the sports documentary approach, Similar to the past years. This year, the sports department…
Podium photos Group has two nominees in sports single category of the 2018 Iranian Press Photo Awards of the Year and Javid has awarded the best single sports photo in 2018.
A glance at the single photo winners of the sports category at World Press Photo reveals that stunning photos taken by professionals with high-tech cameras and lenses are no longer seen. Photos that absorb the attention of the audience at the first glance based on their perfect framing, composition, and technique but lose their…
