Nikol Faridani (25 January 1936 – 6 February 2008) ( fa, نیکول فریدنی) was a popular

Iranian Armenian Iranian-Armenians ( hy, իրանահայեր ''iranahayer''), also known as Persian-Armenians ( hy, պարսկահայեր ''parskahayer''), are Iranians of Armenian ethnicity who may speak Armenian as their first language. Estimates of thei ...

photographer. Faridani was born in 1936 in

Shiraz Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...

. His family moved to

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when he was two and he completed his elementary education at the Shah Abbas School in Jolfa. Then they moved to

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and later to

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, and ultimately returned to Tehran in 1955. He got a job with the Iranian Oil Company, where he worked as a photographer for four years. He then was transferred to the Oil Consortium, where he worked for 15 years, gaining experience in geological photography, photomicrography, and aerial photography. He logged over 300 hours in the air as an aerial photographer. He quit in 1975 and started his own business. Faridani was well known for photographing nature, especially deserts. He travelled extensively in

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and

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. He published his works in 2003 in Iran titled," Nikol Faridani; Collection of Images from Iran". The collection consists of two volumes, one in black-white (123 images) and one in color (257 images). The images are on 9 X 13 inches, presented in landscape format. On Dedication page, he offers the work to his two daughters, "Jacqueline and Katrin". Faridani died on 6 February 2008, after suffering from

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, and

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How I Became a Photographer: Nikol Faridani
1935 births 2008 deaths Iranian people of Armenian descent Iranian photographers Artists from Shiraz {{Photographer-stub