TEHRAN-- A large choice of images by various photojournalists taken at historic moments of the 1979 Islamic Revolution will be showcased in an exhibition at the Art Bureau in Tehran.Opening on Tuesday at the Khaneh Gallery of the bureau, the exhibit entitled 44 Years will be arranged to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the revolution.The collection includes 83 images by ten photojournalists, seven of which were working for the Sipa Agency, a French photo firm based in Paris.Some of the photos illustrate scenes in the life of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, while in exile in Neauphle-le-Chateau near Paris.
The exhibition will likewise reveal uncommon minutes from the final days of the revolution.One of the photos was taken by Qorban Khalili.
The photo reveals a member of the security force focusing on a protester who is a brief range away.
Kayhan, a major everyday based in Tehran, released the image was the caption, Soldier, dont shoot , which later ended up being a title for the striking image.
Fifteen photographs by Khalili have been picked to be hung at the exhibit, which will run up until February 22.
Functions by Iranian photographer Qasem Hajmohammadi and the prominent French photojournalist Michel Setboun will be showcased.Setbouns photos of the revolution have been placed on display at solo shows in Iran during different editions of the Ten-Day Dawn Celebration, which is arranged by the Iranian government each year to mark the anniversary of the revolution.The newest one entitled Around Enqelab (Revolution) Street was held online during the COVID-19 pandemic by the Imam Cultural Center in Tehran in 2020.
Irans Association of Revolution and Sacred Defense Photographers published a large collection of his photos in the book The Days of the Revolution in 2016.
Setboun was likewise honored by a number of Iranian organizations for his images of the revolution and the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is called the Sacred Defense in Iran.The 3rd Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts awarded him a lifetime achievement reward in 2011.
He has previously said that the transformation gave him the opportunity to end up being a real expert photojournalist.About what attracted him to the revolution, he has said, For the French individuals, revolution is a special word; for me, Iran was a kind of a replay of the events in France in 1968; individuals were fighting for the end of dictatorship.
Photo: A photo by French photojournalist Michel Setboun.MMS/ YAW