Death of a Journalist
Kaveh Golestan (pictured), Iran's most renowned photo-journalist, was killed by a landmine in northern Iraq on Wednesday at the age of 52 . He was an artist and inspiration to a new generation of photographers who were not even born when he covered the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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He loved Iran and its richness of culture with a passion and energy he brought to everything he did. For that he was constantly engaged in a struggle with clerical authorities, who he believed had long betrayed the noble ideals of the revolution. At times his accreditation was withdrawn and he was banned from working; occasionally he was summoned for interrogations and threatened with prison.
A small and rather shy man, Kaveh would have no problems setting up his camera even in the most crowded of gatherings. He had a loyal following among university students who attended his photography classes and benefited from the exhibitions and websites he helped to organise (see portfolios).
It is a sad reflection of the superficiality of our times that the US television media barely mentioned Kaveh's death, even though his news photography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his images of Iranian forces executing Kurds before a firing squad.
Article here (link via Atrios again). Check out his portfolios on the page. There are some truly amazing photos there.
Kaveh Golestan (pictured), Iran's most renowned photo-journalist, was killed by a landmine in northern Iraq on Wednesday at the age of 52 . He was an artist and inspiration to a new generation of photographers who were not even born when he covered the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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He loved Iran and its richness of culture with a passion and energy he brought to everything he did. For that he was constantly engaged in a struggle with clerical authorities, who he believed had long betrayed the noble ideals of the revolution. At times his accreditation was withdrawn and he was banned from working; occasionally he was summoned for interrogations and threatened with prison.
A small and rather shy man, Kaveh would have no problems setting up his camera even in the most crowded of gatherings. He had a loyal following among university students who attended his photography classes and benefited from the exhibitions and websites he helped to organise (see portfolios).
It is a sad reflection of the superficiality of our times that the US television media barely mentioned Kaveh's death, even though his news photography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for his images of Iranian forces executing Kurds before a firing squad.
Article here (link via Atrios again). Check out his portfolios on the page. There are some truly amazing photos there.
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