Irakly Shanidze (born October 18, 1968) is a creative director and an advertising, fashion, and portrait photographer.

As an advertising photographer, he has worked for Japan Tobacco International, Lexar Microsystems, Inc.,[3] and Leica Camera AG.

[citation needed] Much of his personal work is 'street,' though not classical street photography in that he places emphasis on the imagined and the surreal.

Whether subtly mocking a classical painting or using strongly symbolic elements, Shanidze invites the viewer to subvert their own views of the real in the process of decoding the surreal.

[4][5][6][7] Shanidze has exhibited his work in personal and group shows in the USA, Canada and Russia.