Last week at the
invitation of the Italian
Embassy
Cultural
Center and The Silk Road
Gallery, I went to the opening of the exhibition of most interesting photographs
by the well known and distinguished scholar Professor Riccardo Zipoli. At the opening, we met many Italians who
are living here in Tehran, including Ms
Ferraro, the cultural attaché, Ms. Francesca Lancillotti (Toscano), the Italian
ambassador’s wife, as well as many other active Italians and
Iranian-Italians.
The photographs were
taken during many trips to Iran. Prof. Zipoli Speaks fluent Persian and
has translated Sohrab Sepehri's poems, in two languages, in collaboration with
Angelo Pontecorboli as the editor in
Italy. He was born in
Florence and has taught at the
university there for 30 years, and since 1980 he has been the director of the
European-Asian Department.
Riccardo Zipoli has
published many articles on Iran and Persian
Literature and has had many exhibitions of photographs. There will be a book of his photos
titled ‘Ta shaqayeg hast’* published by
Zarrin-o-Simin Publications soon.
I have contacted Prof.
Zipoli and he has given his permission to publish some of the photographs from
his original digital format. Here
they are and a few others I took during the exhibition for you to
enjoy.
* A reference to a
line from one of Sepehri’s poem meaning “as long as there are
poppies”
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