Photographer:Mohsen Rastani
  عكاس:محسن راستاني

 

Date of birth: 6 jan.1958
Education:

- college of fine arts, university of Tehran,B.A. in photography 1983-1987

Photo exhibitions:

Faces of life in Iran Americain university of Beirut and trablus city hall,Lebanon july&sept.1989 -Museum of contemporary arts of Tehran, may1986
-ISCP,international salon creative photography july 1993 EPSOM-England
-MOIS DE LA PHOTO-Paris NOV.1996
-SEYHOON GALLERY- Tehran NOV.?2000??

Awards:

-first prize, shilat photo comtest Tehran, April 1991
-Best collection of photo journalistic photographs, winner of the gold coim prize, Tehran, feb. 1991, 4th. Contest, museum of contemporary arts of Tehran.
-first award, ISCP. International salon creative photography, for best humour print, june 1992, Epsom- England.

Executive positions:

-photographic editor "tassvir" a monthly visual arts. Review, Tehran 1993-1996
-high editor of photography section of daily "Sobh-e-Emrooz" newspaper. Tehran. 1998- 1999
-Co-founder of and one of the senior. Member of Iranian association of photo journalists.

Judying career:

-member of the jury, fifth bi-annual photo exhibition of iran, may. 1994
-the fifth press festival of iran Tehran. April 1998

Teaching career:

-Lecturer / Teacher, college of fine arts, university of Tehran.1989-1990
-Lecture / Teacher, college of art, Azad, university of Tehran. 1989-1990

REPORTAGE:

-The iran- iraq war 1980-1986
-The civil war in Lebanon 1988-1990
-The Bosnian conflict 1994- 1996
-Germany 2000