Ramin Mazur was born on the left bank of the Dniester River in the Moldavian Soviet Republic, a part of the country that soon became the unrecognised state of Transnistria after a short war in 1991. He graduated from the Journalism Department of the Moldavian State University in Chisinau and started working with various print publications in the country as a photo reporter. A desire to dedicate more time to investigating subjects led Ramin to start working independently. He now focuses his work on the realities of life in Transnistria and the countries nearby in periods of transition.
