I – Babek Hasanov was born on 26th of December, 1975 in Jalilabad Prishib (current Goytepe). In 1983 I started going to the elementary school and in 1993 after finishing the high school I entered to Baku Business University. I have graduated from Finance-Credit and Bank department. At the moment I work as the Spare Parts Marketing and Logistics manager at Performance Center that is the autrozide dealer of General Motors in Azerbaijan.

I started photographing in my childhood years. I bought my first camera – Smena 8M when I was 8-9 years old. Later I started upgrading my cameras: Smena Symbol, Zorkiy, Fed3, Fed 5B and eventually Zenit. I was washing and printing the films at home. One of the rooms of house has become almost a laboratory. Until finishing the high school I was considering the photography as a hobby. Later many print houses (Konica, Kodak) were opened and I lost my interest in this field.

 

I have returned back to photography in the recent 3-4 years. Although I started taking photos with digital equipment, at the moment I am also using films and because I didn’t have any chance to use medium format back then, I have  purchased Kiyev 60 recently and started taking photos in medium format.

I am a member of AFB. I won several diplomas and certificates in a various Russian websites. I represented AFB in several local and international sports event and my photos has been exhibited on the website of AFB and other social networks