KASRA KARIMI

The Great Orion, Horsehead, and Flame Nebulae in the constellation of Orion are some of the most iconic winter night sky targets. They are 1344 light-years away from us. The photo was taken in West Sussex, England. Kasra Karimi © All rights reserved.

This is a photo of The Heart (IC 1805) and Soul (IC 1848) nebulae, 7500 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. They form a vast star-forming complex that makes up part of the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. This photo is over 8 hours of exposure time. I took this photo in Norfolk, England.
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” In this series of deep space photography (known as Astrophotography), I took all images with a telescope, camera, and sky tracker. Thanks to hours of exposure time for each photo and cutting-edge technology, I was able to photograph and portray some of the most iconic deep space targets that are hundreds, thousands, and even millions of light-years away from us. All shots were taken within the UK.”
– Kasra Karimi

The Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31) is the closest Galaxy to our own Milky Way. It lies in the constellation of Andromeda and is 2.5 million light-years away from us. I took this photo in Buckinghamshire, England, after over four hours of exposure time.
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Kasra Karimi is a British-Iranian multi-award-winning filmmaker, a painter and Astronomy photographer based in London, UK.
Karimi’s films and photography projects have been featured in well-known international photography magazines such as Aesthetica, BBC’s Sky at Night magazine, and AstroBin. During the first ten years of his creativity, Karimi made fine art photos inspired by Arthouse cinema. Then, in 2018 he started his professional journey as a deep-space photographer and did significant projects in the world of Astrophotography.

NGC7000 (The North America and Pelican nebulae) is in the constellation of Cygnus. It is about 2200 light-years away from us. I took this photo in Buckinghamshire, England. Kasra Karimi © All rights reserved.

The Pleiades or Messier 45 (also known as Seven Sisters) is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Taurus and 444 light-years away from us. If you get away from the city's light pollution, you will be able to see it with the naked eye in summer. I took this photo in West Sussex, England.
Kasra Karimi © All rights reserved. — The Pleiades or Messier 45 (also known as Seven Sisters) is a reflection nebula in the constellation of Taurus and 444 light-years away from us. If you get away from the city’s light pollution, you will be able to see it with the naked eye in summer. I took this photo in West Sussex, England. Kasra Karimi © All rights reserved.

As he mentioned: “That pushed me to a whole new creative and technical limit as I had to re-learn some of the basic concepts of photography.”
Amongst Karimi’s films international awards, you will find the “Court Métrage – Short Film Corner” at Festival de Cannes awards in 2018 for his short film “A Pinprick of Light,” followed by his winning “Official Selection” at LA Shorts International Film Festival.
Karimi’s latest short animation, “Far from any home,” is dedicated to the Astrophotography field .