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Born in 1969 in Tehran.
Panahi grew up in a warm family
environment. His father’s military life
style meant that the family was often on the
move and so it was that at the age of five
Majid experienced
the blistering heat of the oil rich city of
Ahvaz.
The surreal surroundings must have made an
impression on his young mind as roaring
flames from refinery gas pipes constantly
reached up to the skies.
He finished his primary education at
Dehkhoda School in another southern Iranian
city called Dezfol.
His family moved North to Tehran after the
Islamic Revolution where he went to two
different high schools (Falagh and Sadr)
before moving on to Azad University to study
physics. However after just two years his
patience wore thin as he saw that he wished
to do something more creative with his life.
On completing two years of compulsory
military service he moved to England but
after a stay of six months he decided to
make his home in Iran. He started
photography in 1990 and having completed his
preliminary training at the Youth Cinema
Association he set up a compact laboratory
and embarked on what was in his own words an
experimental stage in his career.
He was taught developing and printing by
Mr. Jora Abedian
the owner of a professional laboratory of
film developing (RB laboratory) for 3 years.
At this point he was fortunate enough to
meet Masoud Masoumie
who is considered by many to be a master of
commercial photography. “He was my mentor”
says Panahi. “I learnt so much form
him and it was with his encouragement that I
established my own studio. |
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Panahi has been working as a professional
photographer since that time.
He has presented his work in the following
exhibitions.
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the
4th Annual Photo Exhibition of Iran. (1992)
Iran
Photo
Biennial
(6th
Exhibition).
(1994)
Solo
Exhibition
at Valey
Art
Gallery.
(May
1995)
Solo
Exhibition
at Valey
Art
Gallery.
(Mar
1996 –to
fall in
love
with
Musoleh-)
Communal
Exhibition
at Sabk
Art
Gallery.
(Jan
2002
–another
look-)
The
first
industrial
photography
exhibition
(primer
ministry
of Iran
hall)
Communal
Exhibition
at Assar
Art
Gallery.
(Sep
2004)
The
first
exhibition
of
Association
of
industrial
photographers
of Iran
(Niavaran
cultural
center
in
Tehran
2005)
The
second
exhibition
of
Association
of
industrial
photographers
of Iran
(house
of
Iranian
artist
in
Tehran
2005)
The 10th
Iran
Biennia
photo
exhibition
(Saba
art
gallery
2006)
Solo
Exhibition
at Hoor
art
gallery
(Sep
2007 –
London
photo
collages)
Communal
Exhibition
at house
of
Iranian
artist
in
Tehran
(Dec
2007 –
year
images )
Communal
Exhibition
of Iranian
lady
(Paris
April
2008)
Communal
Exhibition
of Industry
and art
of
Iranian
(The
center
of
photographer
of Iran
May
2008)
Communal
Exhibition of AKASANEH_photos
of
photographers
(The
center
of
photographer
of Iran
August
2008)
Communal Exhibition of
BANOO
_Lady
(The
center
of
photographer
of Iran
December
2008)
Communal
Exhibition of Ashoraian
(The center
of
photographer
of Iran
January
2009)
Communal
Exhibition of Rakati Eshgh (Emam
Ali
museum
of
Tehran
December
2009)
Communal
Exhibition
of
Association
of
industrial
photographers (Emam Ali
museum of
Tehran
February
2010)
Communal
Exhibition
of Iran at
a glance
(The
university
of Nairobi
and
The national
museum of
Nairobi )
(Kenya _
Nairobi Feb
2010)
Communal
Exhibition
of Iranian
rustic
houses (IRIB
Intel's
conference
center May
2010) (
Moscow - Russian )
Communal Exhibition of
form ( The center of photographer of Iran September 2010 )
And
published
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"The 4th Annual
Photo"
book of
Tehran
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The book
of Iran Photo
Biennial
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6 issues of " Safarnameh "
a
traveling
magazine
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" The
photo
collages
of
London "
book
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" Collected
memories
"
an art
exhibition
of
Iranian
artist
in
London
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" Images
of the year
"
Book of
2007
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" Heaven
on earth
"
now a
book of
portraying
the
Iranian
woman in
London
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"
Iranian
Industry
& Art
"
100
years
petroleum
Industry
in Iran
100
picture
of Asalouyeh
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" Mirrors
of Iran
"
Iranian
photographers'
center
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"
100 years
petroleum
Industry in
Iran " 100
pictures of
Asalouyeh
2009
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" Iranian
industry &
art " part
two
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" My beautiful city "
15th anniversary of Iranian photographers' center
Foundation
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"Form" book of 16th
Anniversary of The center of photographer house
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