- Bahman Jalali
Bahman Jalali (Born 1944) is an
Iran ian photographer , who has been teaching photography in different universities in Iran for 20 years.Career
He graduated in Economics from Melli University in
Tehran , then started his career as a Photographer with Tamasha Magazine in 1972 .He is best known for his documentary photographs from
Iranian Revolution in 1979 . but After revolution he focused more in Teaching photography in Iranian Universities than doing it . He was curator of Iran's first museum of photography single-handedly introduced photography to the country and making it acceptable as an art form and inspiring a generation of emerging Iranian photographers.his latest work was a photo series called " "Image of Imaginations" " , which took 3 years ("2003-2006)" for him to complete this series . it was a Mixture of flowers or Iranian calligraphy with the old photos from the history of Iranian photography . he explained later : "“I have been exposed to many images by little known photographers around the country. Those that I could keep, I have held as mementos, and others have left their marks on my imagination.”". [ [http://www.payvand.com/news/06/sep/1245.html Ey! Iran: of Contemporary Iranian Photography in (Exhibition in Australia)] ] the Museum of Fine Arts in
Nantes have bought this photo series for their collection .At the moment Bahman Jalali is member of the editorial board for
Aksnameh , a bi-monthly journal of photography in Tehran .References
Publications
Catherine David, cur. "Bahman Jalali" (Barcelona: Fundacio Antoni Tapies, 2007). 296 pages.
External links
* [http://www.kargah.com/jalali/ Bahman Jalali in Kargah]
* [http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/IMG/pdf/Assaig_de_Hamid_Dabashi.pdf L'ànima d'una màquina sense ànima: Reflexions sobre la fotografia de Bahman Jalali ] (Spanish) an essay by Hamid Dabashi
* [http://www.fanoosphoto.com/thumb.php?gallery_id=16&cat=art Bahman Jalali / Image Of Imagination ]
* [http://www.fundaciotapies.org/site/article.php3?id_article=5522 Fundació Antoni Tàpies Press images : Bahman Jalali ]
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