Kaveh Golsetan کاوه گلستان | |
|---|---|
| File:Kaveh Golestan.jpg | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 8, 1950 Tehran, Iran |
| Died |
April 2, 2003 (aged 53) Kifri, Iraq |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Education | Millfield[1] |
Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (8 July 1950 - April 2, 2003), (Persian: کاوه گلستان) was an Iranian photojournalist and artist. Golestan was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England.[2]
In 1988, working as a freelance photographer, he took the first pictures of the aftermath of Halabja poison gas attack during the Iran-Iraq War.
On April 2, 2003, he was killed at the age of 53, as a result of stepping on a land mine while working for the BBC in Kifri, Iraq.[3] He is buried in a cemetery in the east of Tehran.[4]
Family[]
Kāveh Golestān and his sister Lili
Kaveh was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan,[5] translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran.
Kaveh was married to Hengāmeh Golestān, with a son, Mehrak.
See also[]
- Iranian modern and contemporary art
References[]
External links[]
- The press release of Committee to Protect Journalists and International Freedom of Expression Exchange concerning Golestan's death: "BBC Cameraman Killed In Iraq", 2 April 2003.
- "Index on Censorship: Tribute to Kaveh Golestan", 3 April 2003.
- BBC cameraman's last moments, BBC News, Saturday 5 April 2003.
- Kaveh Golestan's collection of the Iranian Revolution photographs, Iranian Artists' site "Kargah".
- Kaveh Golestan's collection of the Iran-Iraq War photographs, Iranian Artists' site "Kargah".
- "Window on an Era: A Qajar Royal Album", with an introduction by Kaveh Golestan (2003), "Kargah" (selected photographs from a private album of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar).
- Kaveh Golestan's Funeral, A photo-reportage, Iranian Artists' site "Kargah".
- Audio slideshow (6 min 7 sec). The person speaking is Ms Hengāmeh Golestān, wife of Kaveh Golestan, who has organized an exhibition of the photographs by Kaveh Golestan. She is a professional photograph herself and lives in London.
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