Individual photo exhibition of Mohammad Sayad, entitled: Photo by M. Sayyad will be held from September 12 to November 20 at Nabshi center.
This show presents several hundred photos with the attached description of the image that those years to present and send to CP news agencies. (Canadian Press) was registered and prepared. In addition to this style of presentation, a number of large-scale photographs depict the pure and thought-provoking moments of this period.
This is the third part of the display of news photos of Mohammad Sayyad in Nabshi center after showing photos of the Iraqi Kurdish revolution and refugees.
Both previous sections of the exhibition were recorded with the camera of Mohammad Sayyad, who is always present on the stage. In addition to photographic prints of the same days, sometimes for newspapers and sometimes with short text for news agencies; Some of the negatives are selected and printed on photo paper along with a number of scanned contacts from the photographer’s archive that remain on the decoupage pages of a film.
The narration of the first part begins with the heat of the days of the revolution: the overflowing photos of the crowd recall the days when the people and the streets of Tehran were full and excited, watching the conquest and victory. In this series of photographs, we see the narrative of the revolution in several scenes; Some of them are depicted until the end of 1978 and some of them are depicted up to the currents of the early sixties and the events that took place in the continuation of the currents of the revolution. Mohammad Sayyad, being among the people and taking scenes similar to the point of view of the present population, recorded moments that simultaneously convey a sense of fear and hope. Many of the prints and negatives of this period have been lost in the context of the revolution and its side events, which has made the file of the photographs of the revolution thinner than other photographs of the subject.
According to the gallery’s public relations, the third part of the exhibition is dedicated to the eight-year period of the imposed war. Wartime photographs begin with the daily life of the Iranian people during the war and cover the front and front lines, the devastation, the resistance of Khorramshahr and Ahvaz, the urban bombings, and the epic and tragic moments. Some of the photos boldly go to the forefront of the war and the front lines and the scenes of the chemical bombing of civilians, and others appear shoulder to shoulder with the people among the ranks of civilian refugees and marches in support of the fighters.
The distinctive feature of these photographs is the faithful reflection of the reality of each event, far from any biased and staged view; M. Sayyad believes that a news photographer should finish his shutter with honor every time.
Mohammad Sayyad Saboor or “M. Sayyad”, as stamped on the back of his photographs; Born in 1947 in Bandar Anzali, he is one of the pioneers of news photography in Iran. He entered the Journalists’ Association in 1348 and started his professional activity. From 1971 to 1978, he collaborated with Ayandegan newspaper in the political, sports and social sectors, and on the eve of the revolution, he began his cooperation with the Associated Press, which continued until 1380. From the very beginning of the war, the hunter was constantly going to take pictures and send them to the fronts. Photographs related to the revolution and the war of Mohammad Sayyad have been published in various books. He is a war photographer, his news photographer is currently a member of the Iranian Press Photographers Association and lives and works in Tehran. He has collaborated with several newspapers.
During his collaboration with Kaveh Golestan, he published the book Shooresh.
Sayyad has held several individual photo exhibitions and won the award for the best photographer in the Middle East.
In 1980, Mohammad Sayyad won the Associated Press Award for Best Middle East News Photographer for his photographs of the defeat of Delta forces in Operation Tabas.
According to the previous promise, the Nabshi center coincides with the third part of this exhibition of Mohammad Sayyad’s photo book entitled “Photo of M. ” Sayyad” will be unveiled and will also screen for the first time a documentary on the life and work of this news photographer.
● Time: Friday, September 11, 2020 to Friday, November 20, 2020
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