Sa'eed Mahmoodi Aznaveh was born in Tehran in 1968.
He took up photography in 1989 , alongside his study in the preservation and restoration of historic artifacts. While his main interest lies with architectural photograph, he does not forgo photographing Iran's life and nature.
In his ten-year-long career devoted to introducing our country's culture and civilization, he has taken part in more than forty group exhibitions in Iran , the Netherlands, Spain , Turkey and Syria, and also held seven individual exhibitions between 1993 and 2001. His photographs have been reproduced in numerous Iranian and foreign publications and books dealing with Iranian studies, as well as in posters, postcards, etc.
Mahmoodi Aznaveh was awarded the degree of excellence in photography during the Ministry of Culture an Islamic Guidance's 1999 assessment of Iranian artists.
Books published by Sa'eed Mahmoodi Aznaveh:
Kashan ,the Pearl of the Desert
Yassavoli Publishers,1999
Persepolis , the Audience Hall of History
Yassavoli Publishers,2000
The Beauties of Iran
Yassavoli Publishers,2000
Iranian Architecture
Yassavoli Publishers,under press
Books illustrated with Sa'eed Mahmoodi Aznaveh's photographs:
List of Literary and Mystical Books at he Golestan Palace Golestan Palace , 1996
The Shahnameh of Iran
 Iranian Embassy in Germany ,1997
The Golestan Palace
zarin va Simin Publishers , 2000