Joobin Bekhrad Selected Work 2012 — 2025
‘[Joobin’s] poems are pure poetry ...
They speak to all the senses.’ Christian Lacroix
Unseen Photos of David Bowie at the Height of His Fame Another Man, 2019 Photograph: Terry O’Neill
How the ‘Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World’ Got its Logo The New York Times, 2020 Photograph: Michael Putland
John Malkovich Speaks on Recreating 61 Seminal Portraits Another Man, 2020 Photograph: Sandro Miller
A Masterclass in Songwriting from Johnny Marr Another Man, 2018 Photograph: Clare Muller
The Least-Known Most Influential Man in Fashion The New York Times, 2017 Photograph: Masayoshi Sukita
How to Recreate Paul Weller’s Most Stylish Moments GQ, 2018 Photograph: John Stoddart
Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood: Painting Is My ‘God-Given Talent’ CNN, 2019 Photograph: Roger Woolman
Remembering Johnny Thunders Through Those Who Knew Him Another Man, 2017 Photograph: Erica Echenberg
A Love Letter to a Grittier, Punk-Accented New York The Art Newspaper, 2018 Photograph: Chris Stein
Joobin Bekhrad is a writer, editor, and creative director*.
In addition to editing and creatively directing Reorient, an acclaimed arts review he founded in 2012, Bekhrad has written for such publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Economist, The Telegraph, Forbes, CNN, the BBC, GQ, and The Times Literary Supplement, been interviewed by ones like Newsweek, PRI, Monocle, The Art Newspaper, and the CBC, and seen his articles republished in a wide variety of languages.
Throughout his adventures in journalism, Bekhrad has interviewed Ronnie Wood, John Malkovich, Paul Smith, Zandra Rhodes, Dries Van Noten, Kenzo Takada, Isabel Marant, Anna Sui, Johnny Marr, Salma Hayek, John Varvatos, and Terry O’Neill, amongst many other luminaries.
His articles aside, Bekhrad is the author of ten volumes of poetry, a translation of a classic of medieval Persian verse, a novella, a novel, and a collection of stories. He is also the recipient of an International Award for Art Criticism from London’s Royal College of Art and holds degrees from Columbia University, City, University of London, and York University.
* To learn about his work in strategic communication consulting, please visit Lanceis.com.