Peyman Hooshmandzadeh (born 1969 in

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Education

He studied photography at the Islamic Azad University of Tehran.

Work

He is known for his series of photographs: "Cafe Shooka" and "Teahouse". Today he works as a photojournalist for several newspapers in

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(Gozaresh e rooz Newspaper (works as a photo-editor), Isatis Monthly Magazine, Asia Newspaper and Goonagoon Newspaper (works as a photo-editor)) and abroad (

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, Panos Picture Agency, Polfoto Agency). He published a compilation of short stories "Two Dots" in April 2000 and "When two Sundays meet" was published in April 2001. A compilation of short notes "Alcohollypsis" was published in February 2004. He is also one of the founding members of 135 PHOTOS agency in Iran. Photographs by Peyman have appeared in several personal and group exhibitions in Tehran: at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Photography Biennal and the

Silk Road Gallery Silk Road Gallery ( fa, گالری راه ابریشم) is a photography gallery in Tehran, Iran. It is the first gallery in Iran devoted exclusively to contemporary photography. The gallery was opened in December 2001 by Anahita Ghabaian Etehadi ...

. Two times in 1999 and 2000 has won the annual Press Photography Festival award in Tehran. In November 2007 he participated in the First Biennale of Images of the World (Photoquai), organized by Musée du Quai Branly in

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References

External links

Peyman Hooshmandzadeh's galleries at Kargah *
Peyman Hooshmandzadeh's galleries at Fanoos

Peyman Hooshmandzadeh's biography and photos at ''Silk Road'' Photography and Art Gallery.
Peyman Hooshmandzadeh auf culturebase.net
1969 births Living people Iranian photographers Iranian male short story writers {{Photographer-stub