Shirin Neshat: Artist of the Decade
G. Roger Denson, Art critic and essayist article on Iranian-American artist and photographer, Shirin Neshat, in The Huffington Post.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Newsweek Images of the Year
A picture by Hossein Fatemi taken in Afghanistan is selected by Newsweek as one of their images of the year.
Iranian Women Rugby Team in Italy
Italian photographer, Abramo De Licio, photo essay on Iranian women rugby team in Italy.
UNICEF photo of the year - 2nd Place Majid Saeedi
Congratulations to Majid Saeedi for winning the 2nd place in UNICEF photo of the year.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Book - 1979
Just recently I came across a photography book by Iranian-German photographer, Maziar Moradi titled "1979."
To see his work and the photographs from the book visit his site at:
http://www.maziar-moradi.de/books/1979/
On Amazon.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Aks Online 2010 Photography Competition
Aks Online, a nonprofit organization established in 2009 by a group of young photojournalists in Iran presents its first annual photography competition. The award is called 'Sheed' which means light in Farsi. For more information please check www.aksonline.ir.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Joop Masterclass session with Antonin Kratochvil
Click on the image to see a video of 2010 Joop Swart masterclass with Antonin Kratochvil.
Images of Hajj from 1885
Rare photographs and sound recordings of Mecca by Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje 1885.
Click on the image to see the video.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Vintage photography from Iran
Vintage photography in Iran from the first half of the twentieth century.
Click here for the link.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Saudi Arabia Photoshops Mariah Carey
SAUDI Arabia’s Council Of Faith and Morals altered Mariah Carey’s album covers to make them less sexy.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Egyptian Newspapers Attempt at Photoshop
Al Ahrem newspaper in Egypt doctored a White House meeting photo and an Egyptian blogger made a note of it here.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Newsha Tavakolian in The New York Times Lens Blog
Click on the image to see a great blog post in The New York Times Lens blog on Newsha Tavakolian's work.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Morteza Nikoubazl in MSNBC
Photo by Reuters' photographer Morteza Nikoubazl, in MSNBC Week in Pictures.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Face of Money
Fascinated by the symbols of power that appear on paper currency worldwide, Japanese-Italian photojournalist Naoki Tomasini, has produced a series of extreme close-ups of the intricate artwork on bills.
See more here.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Makhonik - ماخونیک
Makhonik.
Gallery opening in Tehran.
See more here: http://potin.ir/?p=2218
and here: http://potin.ir/?p=2234Publish Post
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Reuters Retracts PhotoShop Image
Reuters Retracts Icelandic Volcano Photo. Click on the image to read more.
Friday, May 14, 2010
David Burnett's blog
I found this photo of David Burnett (the one on the back) on his blog. It was taken almost 30 years ago in Tehran during the Islamic revolution. The photographer in the middle is Oliver Rebott.
Links
David's blog: http://werejustsayin.blogspot.com/
David's website: http://www.davidburnett.com/
David on Digital Journalist: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0909/44-days-a-revolution-revisited.html
Contact Press agency which started by David: http://www.contactpressimages.com/
Monday, April 26, 2010
Apocalipsis by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala
Alvaro Ybarra Zavala's new book Apocalipsis.
An amazing book which can be seen on line.
Exhibition by Reza in Paris
Exhibition Reza
"Chemins Parallèles"
Paris - Luxembourg Station RER B
Date: April 27, 2010 to September 12, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sony World Photography Award
Congratulations to Iranian photographer, Mohammad Golchi, for a winning photograph in this year's Sony World Photography award.
Here is a link on Guardian. Here is a link for the award.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Time's Henry Luce Award
Time magazine Henry Luce Award. Three amazing photography.
Click on the image.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Leica Camera Site - Pictures From Around the World
In anticipation of their new camera Leica has introduced a new site with images from around the world. (click on the image)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Iran Memoir by Magnum's Paolo Pellegrin
Click on the image to see a multimedia presentation titled "Iranian Memoir" by Paolo Pellegrin of Magnum.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Best of Photojournalism - NPPA BOP 2010
NPPA BOP Winners are being announced. Click on the image for the link.
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Reza wins ICP Infinity Awards
Reza wins Infinity Awards for Photojournalism by International Center of Photography.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
News from WHNPA
News from White House News Photographers Association. Click on the image for the link.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
تجلیل از نوروز در دستور کار کنگره آمریکا قرار گرفت
For the full article in Farsi, click on the image.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Nowruz is Official Now
According to BusinessWeek; UN Officially Recognizes March 21 as International Nowruz Day (Story Here).
Here is the United Nations press release (Click Here).
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Digital Modification - WPP Disqualification
World Press Photo disqualifies photo.
Read the story here.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Introducing The New document IRAN Website
We are very happy to announce the launch of our new website.
To visit document IRAN Images please click here: www.documentiran.com
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The Eyes of History 2010 - WHNPA winners
Click here for the Eyes of History 2010, White House News Photographers Association winners.
POY international winner for "Civil Defiance"
To see the winners, click here. POYi judging is ongoing live everyday.
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