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IRAN PHOTO MUSEUM EXHIBITS PHOTOGRAPHS OF QAJAR ERA
press tv
Thu May 17, 2012 12:52PM GMT
The Sevruguin photo shows Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar on the right.
The Iran Photo Museum has mounted an exhibition of photos taken by
international photographers during the Qajar era, in the capital city
of Tehran.
The event displays a collection of photos by Armenian-Georgian
photographer Antoin Sevruguin, British-Russian photographer Russi
Khan Ivanov, French photographers Felix Nadar and Eugene Pirou,
and Russian photographer Dmitri Ivanovich Ermakov.
The collection belongs to the Iranian genealogist and historian of
the University of Hamburg Ashkan Aminianfard and depicts of a number
of Qajar officials.
Visitors can also see works by Mirza Abdollah Qajar, Dust-Mohammad
Khan Moayyer-ol-Mamalek, Mohammad-Hassan Khan Qajar, Mirza Mohammad
Khan Heshmat-ol-Mamalek and a number of other Iranian photographers.
The exhibition, which will run until June 5, has been organized to
commemorate the International Museum Day on May 18.
Qajar prince Malek-Qasem Mirza was the first Iranian who tried
photography in the country. The only other photographer of the
time was Jules Richard, a French tutor who took a picture with a
daguerreotype camera.
The art of photography was introduced in Iran about five years after
its invention in 1839 and during the last years of Qajar king Mohammad
Shah's reign.
Nasser ad-Din Shah, who was very interested in the new technology,
sent a number of Iranian students to Europe to learn the art.
press tv
Thu May 17, 2012 12:52PM GMT
The Sevruguin photo shows Nasser ad-Din Shah Qajar on the right.
The Iran Photo Museum has mounted an exhibition of photos taken by
international photographers during the Qajar era, in the capital city
of Tehran.
The event displays a collection of photos by Armenian-Georgian
photographer Antoin Sevruguin, British-Russian photographer Russi
Khan Ivanov, French photographers Felix Nadar and Eugene Pirou,
and Russian photographer Dmitri Ivanovich Ermakov.
The collection belongs to the Iranian genealogist and historian of
the University of Hamburg Ashkan Aminianfard and depicts of a number
of Qajar officials.
Visitors can also see works by Mirza Abdollah Qajar, Dust-Mohammad
Khan Moayyer-ol-Mamalek, Mohammad-Hassan Khan Qajar, Mirza Mohammad
Khan Heshmat-ol-Mamalek and a number of other Iranian photographers.
The exhibition, which will run until June 5, has been organized to
commemorate the International Museum Day on May 18.
Qajar prince Malek-Qasem Mirza was the first Iranian who tried
photography in the country. The only other photographer of the
time was Jules Richard, a French tutor who took a picture with a
daguerreotype camera.
The art of photography was introduced in Iran about five years after
its invention in 1839 and during the last years of Qajar king Mohammad
Shah's reign.
Nasser ad-Din Shah, who was very interested in the new technology,
sent a number of Iranian students to Europe to learn the art.