Kaveh Golestan
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Kāveh Golestān (1950 - April 2 , 2003), (Persian: کاوه گلستان ) was an Iranian photojournalist. He was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan,[1] translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran.
Golestān was a freelance cameraman who took the first pictures after nerve gas was used in Halabja. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and subsequent events. He was killed at the age of 51,[2] as a result of stepping on a land mine in Kifri, Iraq, on April 2, 2003, while working for the BBC. He is buried in a cemetery in the east of Tehran.[3]
Kaveh was married to Hengāmeh Golestān,[4] with son Mehrak.
[edit] References
- ^ Masoud Soheili, Photographer, Portrait & People: Lili Golestan
- ^ Kaveh Golestan's Funeral | Kaveh Golestan Funeral | Kargah.com | Iranian Artists' Website
- ^ Remembering Kaveh Golestan
- ^ Maiden name unknown to the writer of these lines at the time of writing.
[edit] See also
[edit] 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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