Babak Amin Tafreshi

{{Short description|Iranian photographer and astronomer}}

File:Babak-Tafreshi.jpg, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]]

Babak Amin Tafreshi ({{langx|fa|بابک امین تفرشی}}, born 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian photographer, science journalist, and amateur astronomer.{{cite web|url=http://www.twanight.org/tafreshi |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416000152/http://www.twanight.org/tafreshi |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-16 |title=Short biography |publisher=The World at Night |accessdate=2009-09-28 }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/about_us.asp |title=About The World at Night |publisher=TWAN website |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705092255/http://www.twanight.org/newtwan/about_us.asp |archivedate=2009-07-05 }} He is also a member of the board of advisors of Astronomers Without Borders[http://www.astrowb.org 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.{{cite web|url = http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=204090|title = Winning Lennart Nilsson award|publisher = Tehran Times| accessdate = 2009-09-27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lennartnilssonaward.se/winner.php?id=47,48 |title=2009 Lennart Nilsson Award |publisher=Lennart Nilsson Award website |accessdate=2009-09-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926234039/http://www.lennartnilssonaward.se/winner.php?id=47%2C48 |archivedate=26 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}