● Birthplace: Malayer
● Website: www.arksphoto.com
Biography
Karimi Saremi holds a master’s degree in photography from the University of California. Managing the photography department of the Faculty of News and teaching some specialized photography courses in this faculty are among the past activities of Master Saremi. He is the founder and head of the Iran Photo Agency and is currently a professor at Iran University of Science and Technology. In Saremi’s records, in addition to appearing in a large number of solo photo exhibitions, his photographs are also listed in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, China, Belarus and Syria. Karimi Saremi is also engaged in documentary and nature photography. 11 years of managing young cinema festivals, secretary of several photo festivals, including Imam Reza (AS) Photo Festival, Iran Zamin Culture Photo Festival, Bam Shekaste Bam Photo Exhibition, Lashkarian Mohammad Rasoolullah Photo Exhibition, Imam Aftab Photo Exhibition, Imam Hussein’s First Photo Memorial ( AS), three photo festivals of Quranic concepts in Iranian culture, secretary of the photo section of the first Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts in 2008, artistic director of the Iran Exhibition at the 53rd Venice World Biennale in Italy, judging more than 80 festivals and photography competitions, writing Numerous articles in the field of photography and membership in the Policy Council of the 11th National Biennial of Iranian Photography are among the other items recorded in his artistic career. Professor Alireza Karimi Saremi believes: Photography organizations can be a base with their focus, with a correct, accurate and precise planning, as a provider of a specific path to improve the level of visual insight and information needed by a photographer. “We live in a country where cultural issues are respected by all,” he said, emphasizing the role of enduring problems in photography in transmitting experiences. Therefore, it is necessary that the officials and founders of Iranian culture and art, in a way, support new plans and ideas that are managed by these organizations; So that the photography community can show what it has. According to this artist, there are talented photographers in Iran who, due to the existing problems, some of which, unfortunately, are supportive, can not present their works and introduce them to others.
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Educational Background
– Graduated with a master’s degree in photography from the University of California, Los Angeles
– Has a first degree in art (PhD in art)
Executive History
– Professor of Iran University of Science and Technology
– Chairman and CEO of the Institute for the Development of Contemporary Culture and Art and the official brand of IRAN ART WALL
– Eleven years of managing Iranian young film festivals
– Secretary of the three photo festivals of Quranic concepts in Iranian culture
– Secretary of the 56th Children’s Photo Festival of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adoltaly
– Secretary of the photo section of the first Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts in 200escents
– Artistic Director of the Exhibition of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 34 World Biennials Venice – I8
– Judge and Chairman of the Jury of prestigious photography festivals in Iran
– Secretary and member of the High Council of Sending Artists to Paris Site Study Opportunity / 2011 – 2014
– Designer, founder and manager of Iran Photo Agency / 2008 – 2016
– Director of the Department of Photojournalism, Faculty of News / 2001 – 2015
– Director of the 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival in 2016
– Director of the International Section of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran / 2011-2014
Compilation
– Author of numerous articles in the field of photography
– Author of a photo book of Kalpurgan and his wives
– Compiled and translated by Charles Latvij Dodgson, nineteenth-century child portrait painter (ready for publication)
Judgment
– Secretary of Imam Reza Photo Festival (AS)
– Secretary of Bam Broken Roof (Bam Shekasteh Bam) Photo Exhibition
– Secretary of Bam Buds Photo Exhibition
– Secretary of Iran Zamin Culture Photo Festival
– Secretary of Mohammad Rasoolullah (PBUH)
– Secretary of the great photo exhibition of Imam Aftab
– Secretary of the big photo exhibition of Aftab image
– Secretary of the photo section of the first Nowroz International Festival
– Secretary of the photo section of the International Anti-Terrorism Festival
– Yaran Hossein (AS) Photo Memorial Secretary
– Judge and chairman of the jury of prestigious photography festivals in the country
– Judging more than 80 festivals and photography competitions
– Member of the Policy Council of the 11th National Photo Biennial of Iran
Exhibitions
– Participated in more than 100 group photo exhibitions
– Selected Iranian photographer, in the culture section of the world competition
– Selected Iranian Photographer, in the Culture section of the American Photography Competition / International Photography Awards – USA – 2007
– Holding a solo photo exhibition in Belarus (Italy – Lecce, Italy – Bologna)
– Participate in photo exhibitions in the United Kingdom, France, China, Belarus, Syria
– Holding an exhibition and receiving medals and honorary diplomas of the Italian Academy of Fine Arts, for an artistic look, in the collection of photos of wind wives, on the 300th anniversary of the establishment of this academy in 2011
Interview
The subtleties of teaching photography to children
Alireza Karimi Saremi, the judge of the photography section of the 7th Visual Arts Festival, believes that life for children revolves around the family, not the community or a cultural-artistic center. That is, the same definitions that life gives family. So the child has perceptions in his mind that he has received from his surroundings, that is, the family. The university lecturer emphasized: “There was a look like the slogan ‘Practice of Life’ in the children’s photography works at that festival, but it could have been more established or more mature in the future when we talked about life for children and teenagers in workshops.” Karimi Saremi reminded: “It is in such circumstances that the subjects become the thoughts and ideas of the children and then become a work of art, and then they can be analyzed or criticized.”
Teaching photography to teenagers using books and literature
Alireza Karimi Saremi, instructor of the photography workshop of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, will use literature and books to strengthen the imagination of children of photography students. As the instructor of the photography workshop of the center, he intends to teach photography to teenagers by using literature, books, strengthening the power of imagination and mental illustration and turning it into a photo.
The artist is determined to use literature to teach photography in these classes and to make teenagers interested in daydreaming. Accordingly, the stories and books published by the Children and Adolescents Intellectual Development Center are used in the photography workshop. The workshop instructor selects a part of a book or story and reads it to the children, giving them the opportunity to fantasize and visualize in their minds and then turn that mindset and mental imagery into a photograph. Children are also taught the various topics of landscape photography and documentary photography in the form of group work, while teenagers who are interested in photography can participate in this workshop even with compact home cameras.
Karimi-Saremi, about the content of these workshops, said: “In these programs, in addition to the children learn about the importance of photography in the present age in a very simple language, but also get acquainted with different parts of the camera and its function.” He believes that in addition to teaching photography, this method helps to spread books and reading among children with a different perspective and indirectly shows them the importance of books and literature, because the basis of thought is books.
It is noteworthy that currently, specialized photography training workshops of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, with the establishment of photography associations across the country, are teaching photography to adolescents and enthusiasts, in the age groups of children and adolescents.
Tommy 127 and Siddiq Alley Wine Mulberry Tree
For many years, an old tree in Siddiq Alley was a shade for children to play with. We have all played under the shade of that tree. What photographic dreams and imaginations we have had and what words we have said about our dreams. The old tree, like a kind mother, spread its shadow over us and always protected us from the heat of the summer sun, and the glow of the sun, from its branches and leaves, created an imaginative and romantic atmosphere. It was June, we were all in color; That is, our hands, faces, and clothes turned purple, and I, with my Tommy 127 camera and a world of imagination, with all the kids in Seddigh Alley, we were guests of Wine Berry Tree. Of course, we were not the only ones, the sparrows in our neighborhood were not unlucky, they brought guests with them, they were swallows and birds of love. Every morning, before my friends and I can sit under a tree and start our daily daydreaming and they pose and I take pictures of them, the sparrows come at dawn, start their dawn singing and their toes and feet with Wine Berry, they were red, after all, they wanted to be beautiful and colorful like lovebirds. They must have spoken together; Because their drunken chirping voice spoke of restlessness and was a hadith from within and we were unaware of their thoughts. Maybe they were looking for a friend and maybe they were looking for a homeland. The jokes were made at dawn on Seddigh Alley. Of course, this was not the case during the year. The coming of the Wine Berry season and the companionship with the birds of love, they also changed, they had strange movements and ups and downs, as if they were preparing for a melancholy celebration. In the evenings, there were other guests at this Wine Berry Tree. Shirin, the girl next door to us, who had just gotten engaged to Farhad, another neighbor’s son, sneaked under the Wine Berry Tree and laughed together. Of course, Farhad also picked berries, it was not just for them to laugh. Shirin, like the sparrows in Siddique Alley, loved Wine Berry; But he does not pick berries; Because he was afraid that the red berry color would stay on his fingers and then it would be a question for the family. Farhad would pick berries and put them in his mouth happily, and they would both laugh at each other. It was like a movie, we, who were secretly watching them, laughed and of course we did not say anything to anyone. It was a happy time, this tree was very respectable for the locals. I think everyone had memories with this mulberry tree. They believed that no one had the right to break a branch of it; Because the mulberry tree has considered and is guilty. Perhaps these professions were to protect the environment and preserve trees; But the reality was that it had big, sweet berries and, most importantly, thousands of memories for the locals. A lover had written on the trunk of a tree: “F, my dear, I will not be in the world of embarrassment, I love my love and I will never break the covenant of love. I came but you did not come, the berries are running out. To your victim. Iraj “and to emphasize his fiery love, he drew a shot heart and painted it with berry, wine, he really had a creative mind. Many people wrote about such rumors… It is interesting that at that time, most of these romantic relationships ended in marriage, and a few months later, after Moharram and Safar, there was always a wedding in our neighborhood. Again, their children played under the Wine Berry Tree, and this journey continued for years; Until the plan to reorganize the dilapidated fabric of the city began and the old, clean houses were demolished and replaced by new, emotionless towers. The new buildings retreated, and the old Seddigh tree suddenly found itself alone in the middle of a wide alley. After a while, they recognized that long-time friend of open love as a traffic nuisance and tied his back to kill him. They came at night and cut and took him away. Since then, no one has heard of the lovable sparrows in Seddigh Alley, and the children’s hands and lips have not been stained with wine berries. Perhaps the complex sound of Tar and Setar in the city is the romantic sound of the same old tree in Siddiq alley, whose tired and torn body still gives heart, to the loved ones, and every wound on the tar of those Setars is a romantic, resonant love song. The Old Tree of the Year Sediq Alley, for children, sparrows and lovers, an alley that is no longer called Seddigh today.
