By Iranian Contemporary Photographers

Curated by Mehdi Moghimnejad

Artists:
Kourosh Adim | Mehrdad Afsari | Azadeh Akhlaghi | Kiarang Alaei
Samira Alikhanzadeh | jamshid bayrami | Gohar Dashti
Arman Estepaniyan | Alireza Fani | Shadi Ghadirian | Bahman Jalali
Rana Javadi | Mahmoud Kalari | katayoun karami | Tooraj Khameneh zadeh
mohammad khoshroo | Reza Kianian | Abbas Kiarostami | Majid Korang Beheshti
Ramyar Manouchehrzadeh | Soroosh Milanizadeh | Alireza Mirzaei
Mehdi Moghimnejad | Romin Mohtasham | Ali Najian | Mehrdad Naraghi
Dariush Nehdaran | Hamed Noori | Mehrdad Oskuei | Seyfolah Samadiyan
Behnam Sadighi | Jalal Sepehr | MohammadReza Sharifzadeh
Shahriyar Tavakoli | sadegh tirafkan | Mehdi Vosoughnia

opening:2 Nov 2013 At:17-21
Visit: 2 Nov-13 Dec.Hours:11-21
Mellat Gallery
Pardis Cinema Complex,Niayesh Highway, Valiasr Ave,Tehran

Curator’s statement:

“ By Iranian contemporary photographers ” is a curatorial project to be exhibited based on the idea that the invited photographers submit two photographs of their own choosing from their portfolios; the photographs should present their own “at work-ethic”, and in this way reflect their own artistic voice, their world view and their interaction with medium of photography.
So, this exhibition, more than anything else is an invitation for the artist to scrutinize their own past work experience by introducing their work character to the public in open and unforced conditions. The main point of this exhibition is the personal relationship of each artist with their work and the definitions that present themselves through their own “choice”.
In this exhibition the criterion for choosing the artists leaned toward people who have developed a unified approach in their personal portfolios: a coherence that is able to find meaning in photography from the selected subjects, gravitation to form, dependence on the special styles of image making, or an interest on genre.
Therefore, this exhibition can be seen as an ideal research which opens a small yet truthful window, without any intermediaries, to Iranian contemporary photographers.
A narrative heard through the voices of the narrators.