Babak Amin Tafreshi was born on January 1, 1978 and is 48 years old.
Babak Amin Tafreshi
Iranian photographer and astronomer
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Babak Amin Tafreshi (Persian: بابک امین تفرشی, born 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian photographer, science journalist, and amateur astronomer. He is the creator and director of The World At Night (TWAN), an international program in which photographers from around the world capture images of night skies as seen above notable landmarks of the planet. He is also a member of the board of advisors of Astronomers Without Borders and a project coordinator for the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009).
In 2009, he won the Lennart Nilsson Award for best scientific photography, in joint effort with NASA's Cassini Imaging Director Carolyn Porco.
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