Maryam Takhtkeshian was born in Tehran, Iran in 1984. She studied photography at the Azad University of Tehran. Maryam works as a cinema still-photographer from 2005. She Also awarded Crystal Simorgh for Best Photo in the 35th and 38th Fajr Film Festivals. She also cooperates with different newspapers and magazines in Iran as a documentary photographer. Maryam is a member of Iranian society of still photographers (Khane-Cinema) form2009. She has participated in several exhibitions locally and internationally among which Iran Année 38 – Arles Festival, France 2017, CerModerm gallery of Ankara and two solo shows in Silk Road Gallery.