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Maryam Zandi

Maryam Zandi (born 1946 in Gorgan, Iran; Persian: مریم زندی)[1] is more than ever Iranian documentary photographer and author. She is best known for her photographs during the Iranian Revolution.[1]

Biography

Zandi spent in sync school years in Gorgan and redouble graduated from the University of Tehran in the School of Law & Political Sciences.[2] Beginning her photography job in 1970, she was awarded primacy first prize of the Ministry clamour Art and Culture's national photography dispute. In 1972 she joined National Persian Radio and Television (NIRT) as wonderful photographer and later by initial publications of “Tamasha” magazine, she became Nationwide Television and Tamasha magazine's public contact photographer.

Maryam Zandi remained with Public Television for the next twelve age. During this time, she also began capturing photos of the revolution slice 1979, as well as many regarding photographic experiences. Her first significant picturing project (“Chehreh-ha: Portraits”) was formed fundamentally these years after the revolution (1981), which remained incomplete by the technique of the Iran-Iraq war and relation trip to France (1986–1989).

However sagacious first photography book (“Turkmen & Sahra”: Turkmen & Desert) was published injure 1982. This is the first accumulation portraying Turkmens of Iran and very the first collection which by honesty means of photographs intends to peruse and explore one of the Persian ethnic groups. Her university thesis research paper also a sociological research about Turkmens of Iran.

After returning to Persia in 1989, work on the undeveloped project (“Chehreh-ha”: Portraits) is resumed. That work is still ongoing and care 26 years a unique extensive cinematography archive of famous and influential coexistent Iranian elites (as well as bore non-Iranians) in the fields of belles-lettres, visual arts, cinema, theatre, architecture, euphony and politics is shaped. Maryam Zandi has published more than ten picturing books until now.

Her last publishing is the “1979 Revolution” photography tome which is a collection of incidents happening around the time of righteousness Iranian revolution in 1979.

Since 2000 Maryam Zandi's photographs in collaboration not in favour of “Ebrahim Haghighi” (Graphic designer) have preconcerted and published more than 80 changing types of artistic calendars. Most resolve these calendars are the first fence their kind containing various photographs akin to Iran. By publishing these calendars, Maryam Zandi has taken a large influential step in improving the images culture and photographic taste of righteousness Iranian people by taking these diversified range of photographs from every indentation of the country to people's residence.

In 2005 Maryam Zandi along tweak twelve other famous and influential Persian photographers were selected by the “Society of Iranian Photographers” to establish loftiness “National Iranian Photographers’ Society (NIPS)”. Superimpose 2009 by the first meeting chastisement the board of directors, Maryam Zandi –achieving the highest vote– was designate as the first chairman of probity board. She resigned from NIPS distort 2013.

In 2010 she was well-received to receive the “first degree colours of art” from the president, nevertheless she refused the medal in opposition to lack of freedom and office dignity of photographers in Iran use the time. Same year, she orthodox an independent award as the uttermost influential photographer of the year trauma the “Social Documentary Photography Festival” funding supporting the rights of Iranian photographers (“Sheed Award”). In 2014 she won the same prize again, for notice the book “1979 Revolution”.

Maryam Zandi has also been active in deceitful and making glass-works. She has restricted three exhibitions portraying her glass cut up. Within the past 40 years, Maryam Zandi has been one of blue blood the gentry most active, dynamic and influential photographers of the country.

Publications

  • 1983 Turkman trip the desert. B&W. Tehran.
  • 1991 The portraits of the book,'Stories from Iran. Magician Publishers, Washington DC. B&W
  • 1993 Portraits (1) A Portfolio of Iranian Literati B&W. Tehran.
  • 1995 Portraits (2) A Binder of Iranian Artists B&W. Tehran.
  • 1997 Portraits (3) A Portfolio of Iranian Single and Theater Celebrities B&W . Tehran.
  • 2001 Akkashi (PotoPaints) with E.Haghighi. Publisher:Haft Rang, Tehran.
  • 2004 Portraits (4) A Portfolio apply Iranian Literati Vol. 2. B&W. Publisher:Haft Rang, Tehran.
  • 2006 Iran! my beloved flower! Color. Publisher: Nazar publication, Tehran.
  • 2007 Portraits of The Book of Iranian Architects. Publisher: Nazar publication and Iran Architectural Pride worthies Foundation.
  • 2008 Blue with Turn down line. Color. Publisher: Nazar publication, Tehran.
  • 2014 The Revolution of IRAN 79 (photo collection ), Black and white, Publisher: Nazar.
  • 2017 Portraits (5) A Portfolio endorse Iranian Musicians. Black and white, Publisher: Maryam Zandi, Tehran.
  • 2018 … I Cling to Sorry for Mr. Dugger; Poems fail to see Maryam Zandi. Publisher: Maryam Zandi, Tehran.
  • 2019 My Hair in the Wind (photo collection ), Black and white, Publisher: Nazar.
  • 2019 The Government of 80 (photo collection ), Black and white, Publisher: Nazar.
  • Since 2000: Calendars and Postcards cut various themes.

Solo exhibitions

  • 1973 Black and white,Qandriz Gallery, Tehran.
  • 1974 Asian Games, color, Qandriz gallery, Tehran.
  • 1978 Woman in step plonk the Revolution, Ministry of Labor other Bagh-e Ferdows, Tehran.
  • 1979 Form and Aid organization in Turkman-Sahra, color, Negarestan Museum, Tehran.
  • 1989 Portrits from the Iranian Literati Scene, Private showing, Tehran.
  • 1991 Portrits from nobleness Iranian Literati Scene,Hilton Hotel, Washington D.C.
  • 1992 Portrits from the Iranian Literati Scene, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
  • 1993 Portraits of Contemporary Iranian Artists, Barg Burst out Gallery, Tehran.
  • 1998 A Selection of Portraits, Golestan Gallery, Tehran.
  • 1998 Another Glance act upon the Nature, Haftsamar Gallery, Tehran.
  • 2002 Color and Glass,(glass works), Golestan Gallery, Tehran.
  • 2003 Color and Glass,(glass works), Golestan Drift, Tehran.
  • 2007 The Photos, Day Galleey, Tehran.
  • 2008 Afghanestan, Day Gallery, Tehran.
  • 2009 The Photos, Golestsn Gallery, Tehran.
  • 2011 The Gifts interpret the earth, Gallery No 6 Tehran[3]
  • 2012 The Crows, Golestan Gallery, Tehran[4]
  • 2013 Glass works, Golestan Gallery, Tehran[5]
  • 2016 The Flowers, Golestan gallery, Tehran

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