Third Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Awards

10/28/06 By Syma Sayyah, Tehran

The results of the Third Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Award are as follows:

Mansour Nassiri: Single Picture Category

Women’s Demo in 7th Tirr, June 2006

Mehdi Ghasemi: Best Picture Story Category
Demo in front of British Embassy

Kian Amani: Best Young Talent award
“The best years of our lives”

These winners will each receive a statue plus a cheque for 10,000,000 Rials.

Mansour Nassiri - Single Picture Category - Women’s Demo in 7th Tirr, June 2006

Please note that this year the awarding committee was unable to obtain permission from Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to publish the photographs which had reached the final in a catalog, as in previous years. The awarding committee was also unable to get the agreement of the head of Khaneh Honarmandan to hold the awards ceremony and to display the best selections for the public to see.

Mehdi Ghasemi - Best Picture Story Category - Demo in front of British Embassy

The Judges for 2006 Kaveh Golestan Photojournalism Awards were:

Mr. Abbass Kosari (Photojournalist), Mr. Omid Salehi (Photojournalist and Documentary maker), Mr. Hossein Ghandi (Professor of Journalism and Editor of Jam-e-Jam in UAE), Ms Catherine David (Art Director at Pompidou Centre ) and Bahman Ghobadi (Film Director).

Please see the links below for further information:

http://www.golestanaward.com/news3.php

http://www.golestanaward.com/

http://golestanaward.com/isna.htm