RENA EFFENDI (born 1977 in Baku, Azerbaijan) has been active as a social documentary photographer since 2002. In 2004, she was a winner of the "Fifty Crows" International Fund for Documentary Photography competition. In 2005 she participated in the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass and recieved honourable mention in National Geographic's "All Roads" photography competition. In 2006 Effendi was a winner of the Getty Images Editorial Photography Grant and the Giacomelli Memorial Fund award. The same year, Effendi's work was selected for personal exhibitions at the 18th "Visa Pour l'Image" Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan, France and at the "Les Imagiques" Festival of Photography in Bordeaux. Rena Effendi is a member of Agency.Photographer.RU. Her work has been published in Le Monde, Liberation, Le Figaro, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, Courrier International, and Ogoniok.