Mehran Mohajer

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1964 Born in Tehran
Education
M.A. Linguistic, University of Tehran
B.A. Photography, University of Tehran
Experience
Lecturer at Tehran University
Translater and lexicographer, Tehran
One Person Show
2005 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
2004 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
2003 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
2001 Golestan Gallery, Tehran
2000 Golestan Gallery, Tehran
1998 Golestan Gallery, Tehran
Group Show

2005 “Téhéran, Iran, 7 photographes de ce temps” Galerie Baudoin
Lebon
DFoto – San Sebastian , Spain
Photo London, London
2004 ” Far Near Distance “, House of World Cultures
Berlin, Germany
” Musulmans ….” , Parc de la Villette, Paris
Yazd, Iran
Paris Photo – Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2003 “Haft” , Boulogne Billancourt, France
2002 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
2001 ” Regards Persans” , Espace Electra, Paris
Photographic Revolution ( a retrospective of Iranaian Photography after revolution)
1998 11th Tehran International Book Fair
The Book in the Photographer’s Eye – Third Prize
1996 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Second International Photo Biennale
1994 Haft Samar Gallery, Tehran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
First International Photo Biennale
1993 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Fifth Annual Photo Exhibition – First Prize
1991 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Fourth Annual Photo Exhibition
1990 Kandeloos Gallery, Tehran
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Third Annual Photo Exhibition
1989 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Second Annual Photo Exhibition
1988 Cinema – Theatre Kouchak e , Tehran
1987 T ehran Museum of Contemporary Art
First Annual Photo Exhibition – First Prize

 

Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

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1969 Born in, Tehran, Iran

1997 B.A. in Photography, Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Solo Exhibitions:

2008 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 Assar Art Gallery, “Mustache”, Tehran, Iran
2007 Marmar Gallery, “Our Paradoxical Life”, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Golestan Gallery, “Café Shouka Regulars”, Tehran, Iran
2003 Ashkal Alwan- the Lebanese Association for Plastic
Arts, “Zurkhan-e” [traditional gymnasium in Iran, palestra], Lebanon
2002 Villa Moda, “Hands and Belts”, Kuwait
1998 Haft Samar Gallery, “Tea House”, Tehran, Iran
1996 Molavi Gallery, Tehran, Iran
1995 Keyhan Gallery,” In the Last Row”, Tehran, Iran

Group Exhibitions:

2008 June Gallery, Switzerland

2008 Mall Galleries, London, UK

2007 1st Biennial of Photoquai, Paris

2007 18th International Biennial of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo,
Bulgaria

2007 Slide show, “Balcony”, Istanbul, Turkey

2006 Gold Coast City Art Gallery, “Ey Iran” , Australia

2006 “Images of the Middle East”, Copenhagen, Denmark

2006 Iranian Artists’ Forum, Slide show, Tehran, Iran

2005 Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, France

2005 N Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia

2005 Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, USA

2004 Parc de la Villette, “Being Muslim”, Paris, France

2004 The House of World Cultures, “Far, Near, Distance”, Berlin,
Germany

2002 Melina Mercury Gallery, Cyprus

2002 Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, “Glimpses of Iran”, Greece

2002 Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran

2002 Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts,” Iranian Photographers”,
Iran

2002 Cartoons and Photos Undercover, Belgium

2001 Espace Electra, Paris, France

 

Kaveh Kazemi

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Born: 1952, Tehran

Artistic Activities:

His photos have appeared in Time, Newsweek, New York Times, Stern, Der Spiegel, Paris Match, L`Expresse, Figaro Magazine and Geo.

He has covered many different regions of the world including: Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Cuba, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Syria, Cyprus, Azerbaijan and Armenia.

He is represented by Getty Images where all his archives appear online starting with the coverage of Iranian revolution to present day.

 

Babak Kazemi

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Solo Exhibitions:

2011:Suggested person to the group 5+1, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: Past Continuous, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: Gavmishabad, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: Woman, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: Gavmishabad Documentary, Mah-e Mehr, Tehran, Iran
2007: H2S, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2003: Shahid Mofateh University Gallery, Hamedan, Iran
2001: Self-Portraits, Young Cinema Society Gallery, Ahvaz, Iran
2000: Shalamche, Young Cinema Society Gallery, Ahvaz, Iran

Group Exhibitions:

2011: Naftoon,my video arts accompanied by an artist’s performance, Tarahan-e-Azad gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011: Television, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011: 13.18 Portrait, Etemad Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: The other, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: The Southern Front, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Obligatory Military Service, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: The kitchen, Mohsen Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: White & Black, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Indoor photography, Homa Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2010: Ministry of Nomads, London, England
2009: Revealing truths, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait
2009: Voice of vision, Galerie Speos, Paris, France
2009: Paris Photo, Paris France
2009: 101: Oil and its Aftermath, Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2009: New Art:Political Prisoners, Saba Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
2008: Doubles, Mehrva Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2008: Image of the Year, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2007: 1st Iranian Photography Expo, Esteghlal Hotel, Tehran, Iran
2007: Image of the Year, Iranian Artists’ Forum, Tehran, Iran
2006: Photography Biennale, Saba Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
2006: New Art: Khorramshahr, Saba Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
2006: Ashouraian, Akskhaneh Shahr Museum, Tehran, Iran
2006: Sea Photos, Saba Cultural Centre, Tehran, Iran
2005: Deeper Depression, Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran

Awards:

2006: 1st Place Prize, Abrang Photo Festival, Mashhad, Iran
2006: 1st Place Prize, Resistance Art Festival, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran
2002: 1st Place Prize, 2nd Black and White Iran Photo, Rasht Cultural Center, Rasht, Iran

 

Katayoun Karami

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Born 1967, Tehran

Education:

1987-90 BA in Architecture (Not Completed), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

1986-87 Prep school, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

 

Solo & Group exhibitions

2012 “Crucifixion”, Curated by Majid Abbasi Farahani, Shirin Art gallery, Tehran

2012 Beirut art fair (Azad art gallery), Beirut, Lebanon

2012 “No Subject” Curated by Vida Heydari, 1×1 gallery, Dubai, UAE

2012 “Have A Break” Azad Art gallery, Tehran

2012 “The Elephant in the Dark” Curated by Amirali Ghasemi, Devi Art Foundation, Haryana, India

2011 Contemporary Istanbul (Fa gallery) Istanbul, Turkey

2011 Paris Photo (Silk Road gallery) Grand Palais, Paris, France

2011 “The (Iranian) Weltanschauung” Curated by Shaheen Merali, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany

2011 “Good city for dreamers” Curated by Mamali Shafahi, Nicolas Silin gallery, Paris, France

2011 “Body Language” Fa gallery, Kuwait

2010 Paris Photo (Silk Road gallery) Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

2010 “Bimzar” Azad Art gallery, Tehran

2010 “1389” Curated by Azita Sharafjahan, Azad Art gallery, Tehran

2010 “The other” Mohsen gallery, Tehran

2009 “Baaz in che shooresh ast”, Curated by Arash Fayez, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran

2009 Paris Photo (Silk Road gallery) Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France

2009 2nd biennale “Photoquai”, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France

2009 Scope Basel (Cramer contemporary art gallery) Basel, Switzerland

2009 “Auto portraits”, Curated by Ali Ettehad, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran

2008 “Think positive” Silk Road gallery, Tehran

2008 “Lion under the rainbow” contemporary art from Tehran, Curated by Alexandros Georgiou, Athens, Greece

2008 “The other side” Silk Road gallery, Tehran

2005 “A Testimony Of Azadi” Azadi Tower, Tehran

2004 “I love my surroundings” Niavaran Artistic Creations, Tehran

2004 “An abandoned house about to be demolished”, Tehran

2004 Iranshahr Photography Society (guest), Iran Artists Organization, Tehran

2004 Kaveh Golestan awards, Iran Artist Organization, Tehran

2004 Ibda’a awards, first prize, Dubai, UAE

2002 “Kochehaye Shemroon” Niavaran Artistic Creations, Niavaran Palace, Tehran

 

Abbas Kowsari

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Born 1970, Tehran, Iran

He has worked for over ten Iranian leading newspapers, most of them now banned from publishing.

He currently works as the senior photo editor for E’temad newspaper in Tehran.

His photos have been published in The New York Times, Time magazine, Paris Match,
Der Spiegel and Colors magazine of Benetton and several other international publications.

PHOTOGRAPHY

2006-present           Photo Editor E’temad Newspaper
2007-present           Photo Editor Sarmayeh Economics Newspaper
2003-present           Photo Editor Haft Monthly Arts Magazine – Closed Down
2003-2007               Photo Editor Shargh Newspaper – Closed Down
2000-2003               Photo Editor Hamshahri Supplements
2001-2002               Photo Editor Nowrooz Newspaper – Closed Down
2000-2000               Photographer Jam e Jam Newspaper
1999-1999               Photographer Fatth Newspaper – Closed Down
1998-1999               Photographer Entekhab Newspaper – Closed Down
1998-1998               Photographer Sobh e Emrooz Newspaper – Closed Down
1998-1998               Photographer Zan Daily Newspaper – Closed Down
1998-1998               Photographer Toos Daily Newspaper – Closed Down
1997-1998               Photographer Jame’e Daily Newspaper – Closed Down
1994-1997               Photographer Tehran Times Daily English Newspaper

EXHIBITIONS

2008 Shade of Water – Shade Of Earth Aaran Art Gallery Tehran

2004 Muslims Muslims La Vilette Paris

2003 Portraits French Embassy Damascus

2002 Iran Contemporary Photographers Assar Art Gallery Tehran

 

Abbas Kiarostami

/in ,

22 June 1940 Tehran- 4 July 2016 Paris

Film director, Screenwriter, Photographer, Painter, Film producer and poet

BA Painting, Tehran, Iran University, Faculty of Fine Arts

Shirana Shahbazi

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Born 1974, Tehran, Iran

 

Education:

1995 – 1997 Study of photography and design at the Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences and Arts), Dortmund

1997 – 2000 Study of photography at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (College of Art and Design), Zurich

 

Exhibitions:

2012: Rudolfinum, Prague

2012: Museum of Modern Art, New York

2011: Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland

2008: Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

2008: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2007: Swiss Institute, New York

2007: Barbican Art Centre, London

2006: Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

2005: Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

2003: Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago

 

Collections:

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland

Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Helmhaus, Zurich

Huis Marseille, Stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam

Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland

MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain

Photographer’s Gallery, London

Queensland Art Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, South Brisbane, Australia

Tate Modern, London

The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen

 

Publications:

2012 Shirana Shahbazi: Then Again. Innovative Logistics, Llc.

2006 Accept the expected. W. König.

2005 Shahbazi, Shirana; Tehrani, Rachid; Zolghadr, Tirdad; Emily Cone-Miller, Shahrzad (Artists’ group) Shahrzad: History. JRP Ringier.

2004 Shirana Shahbazi: Risk is our business. Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue.

2001 Goftare Nik/Good Words. Codax Publ.

 

Majid Saeedi

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Born In Tehran, Iran, 1974

Education: Art

Work Experience:

Head of photo department for Nine Newspapers in Iran Since 1998 in different periods

Photographer of Time Magazine in Afghanistan in 2001

Founder of Fars News Agency and head of photo department in 2004

Photographer of Getty Images since 2004 till now

Awards:

Seven Times selected as The Best Photographer of The Year in Iran in 1992-1994-1996-1997-1999-2000-2001

Second prize of International Art Festival 2005

4 Gold Medals from Asahi Japan in 2000-2005-2006-2008

First Prize of International Photo Awards. USA 2005

3rd prize of POY-USA 2007

 

Jalal Sepehr

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Born 1969

Artistic Activities:

Founding member of Fanoos website until 2007

Besides working with photography magazines, he has held quite a few workshops in this field.

Exhibitions:

He has participated in some seventy photography festivals and competitions in and outside of Iran, the most noteworthy of which are:

2010 First place, Employment Development Festival

2009 Second place, PX3 Festival, France

2009 Bulgarian Satire Festival

2007 Bulgarian Satire Festival

2007 Second place, Shouka Kitchen Photography Festival

2007 First place, Postcard Photography Festival of Canada

2005 Certificate of Honor, Peking Art Photography Festival

2004-2005 First and second place, Marine Photography Competition

2003 Third place, Iranian Industrial Photography Festival

Publications:

2009  Different Sames: New Perspectives In Contemporary Iranian Art (Thames & Hudson)

2008  Iranian Photography Now