A selection of Documentary Photography at Aaran Gallery in Tehran
Curated by Arash Hanaei.
Opening on 16th July 2010.

Mazdak Ayari - Majid Bakhtiari Vafa - Jassem Ghazbanpour
Kaveh Golestan - Peyman Hooshmandzadeh- Bahman Jalali
Rana Javadi - Aidin Rahimipour Azad - Tahmineh Monzavi
Mehdi Vosoghnia - Mohsen Yazdipour.

Black and White images are becoming rare. They are mostly printed in newspapers and books, usually chosen for economic reasons or used as mere visual effect. All around the world most of the events of the 1960s and 1970s, both political and personal quests, were associated with black and white photography.

Back in 1970s ,in true Iranian fashion, Journalistic neutrality with shrewdly observed cultural insights and reporting , was combined with lyrical and poetical story telling.During the Revolution and in the eight years of war, breathtaking events encouraged Iranian photographers to continue on the same path. For many of us those images of the Iraq-Iran war shot by Kaveh Golestan or Bahman Jalali continue to linger on and haunt the memory.

The border line between documentary photography and its ethics of pure photography, and a series or one image out of a series becoming a piece of art photography, is extremely delicate and only a handful can work within the genre's restrictions to achieve it.

In his selection, Arash Hanaei salutes the works of photographers who have worked tirelessly and often without least expectation of fame and fortune. In the meantime his sharp eye has picked up images that go far beyond mere documentation, entirely through ingenious and unique works of these photographers;by including two very young photographers in the exhibition, the curator is hinting at the continuity of a well-travelled path in Iran's contemporary documentary photography .

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AARAN Gallery
www.aarangallery.com
No.9 - Dey st. North Kheradmand Ave. Tehran Iran.
Postal code: 158591115
Tel: +9821 88829086-9
fax: +9821 88841412

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