For nearly four decades, Reza has covered a large part of the globe for international media (Time Magazine, Stern, Newsweek, El País, Paris Match and Geo...), notably for National Geographic [5] His assignments have taken him to over a hundred countries.

He is also the author of seventeen books, including War+Peace, the first in a series entitled Masters of Photography by National Geographic, and most recently, Sindhbad, Reza's adaptation of the seven journeys of this mystical character from the classic tale, A Thousand and One Nights.

National Geographic Television has produced several films about Reza's work, most notably Frontline Diaries, which won an Emmy Award in 2002.

[1][10] As part of its Exceptional Journeys series, National Geographic released a documentary[11] looking at Reza's career as a photojournalist, with special features highlighting his extensive humanitarian work.

In 1990, he interrupted his career as a photojournalist and became a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan [12] for nine months in a program of reconstruction and assistance to the population in the Northern provinces of the country.

In 1991, Reza served as a consultant to the United Nations in Afghanistan, helping to distribute food to populations in war-torn parts of the country.

By founding the non-profit organization Reza Visual Academy,[15][16] which seeks to form young people between 11 and 20 years in the language of the image through the photographic tool.

War+Peace (2009), an exhibit featuring thirty years worth of Reza's photojournalistic adventures, was held at the Caen Memorial (Peace Museum) in Normandy, France.

Thus, to cite only these, Destins Croisés, on the grids of the Jardin du Luxembourg [19] in Paris in 2003, One World, One Tribe, first exhibition of the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC in 2006, War + Peace, exposed in 2009 at the Caen Memorial in Normandy and in 2011 on the banks of the Garonne in Toulouse.

In 2013, Reza has designed, the first 370-meter giant mural along the banks of the Seine facing the Musée d'Orsay,[22] dedicated to Coffee Workers [23][24] around the world.

In 1996, Reza won the Hope Prize for contributing to a joint project with UNICEF in Rwanda entitled Lost Children's Portraits.

The same year, Reza received the Honor Medal[34] from the University of Missouri - Columbia School of Journalism “in recognition of his lifelong contributions, through photojournalism, to justice and dignity for the world’s citizens."

In 2008, Reza became a senior fellow of the Ashoka Foundation, and in May 2009, he received the Honorary Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa[35] from the American University of Paris (AUP) for his achievements in journalism and humanitarianism.