Abbas Attar

Born in 1944, Khash, Iran
died in 2018, paris, france
Artistic Activities:
1981 Joined Magnum Photos
1974-1980 Member of Gamma Agency
1971-1973 Member of Sipa
Exhibitions :
2009 In Whose Name?, Magnum Gallery, Paris
2009 In Whose Name?, Visa, Perpignan
2009 In Whose Name?, Gallerie Polka, Paris
2008 The Children of Abraham, Institut Français de Fès, Morocco
2008 The Children of Abraham, Jardin Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
2007 The Children of Abraham, Groningen and Amsterdam, Holland
2006 The Children of Abraham, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo
2006 Islams and Shias, Vicino/Lontano, Udine, Italia
2005 Sur la Route des Esprits, La Chambre Claire, Paris
2004 Iran, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2004 Resurgence of Shias, Visa in Perpignan, France
2004 Ya Saddam, Noorderlicht, Leeuwarden, Hollande
2004 Islams, The United Nations, New York
2003 Visiones de l’Islam, la Caixa, Girona, Granada, Pamplona and Palma de Mallorca, Espana
2002 Iran, the revolution, The Grey Gallery, New York
2002 Viaggio negli Islam del mondo, Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze, Italia
2002 Visiones de l’Islam, la Caixa, Tarragona, Madrid, Malaga, Orense, Espana
2002 IranDiary, Visa in Perpignan, France
1999 Islamies, Place Royale, Brussels
1999 Islamies, Arab World Institute, Paris
1999 Chrétiens, House of Photography, Moscou
1999 Chrétiens, Eberhardskirche, Stuttgart
1994 Retornos a Mexico, Centro Nacional de la Fotografia, Mexico
1992 Return to Mexico, Mexico Cultural Center, Paris
1992 Return to Mexico, Maison pour Tous, Calais
1991 Retrospective, Imagina, Almeria, Espana
1986 Votez pour Moi, Galerie Magnum, Paris
1984 Retrospective, Galerie ARPA, Bordeaux, France
1983 Retrospective, Consejo de Fotogragia, Mexico
1982 Citizen of the Third World, Photographer’s Gallery, London; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, G.B.
1980 Iran, the revolution, Tehran Museum of contemporary Art
1980 Iran, the revolution, Darvazeh Ghar mosque, Tehran
1980 Iran, the revolution, Fundacao Cultural, Rio de Janeiro
1977 Retrospective, Galerie Litho, Tehran
1977 Ce jour là, Galerie FNAC, Paris
1972 Ganvie People, Falomo, Nigeria
- IRAN,TEHRAN. A man prays in his office.
- IRAN. Tehran 2001. Ashraf is a model to her husband, modern painter Khosrow HASSANZADEH, in his studio.
- IRAN. TEHRAN. 2001. A young woman, wearing the islamic hijab on horseback in a club.
- IRAN,Near BABOL. A rice filed is ploughed mechanically.
- IRAN, BABOLSAR. Women sell vegetables in the open market.









