Kaveh Golestan
photographer
Kaveh Golestan (1950–2003) was a pioneering Iranian photojournalist and artist known for his courageous documentary photography. His work captured significant historical events in Iran, including the Islamic Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Gulf Wars, as well as social issues such as the lives of workers, prostitutes, and the mentally insane. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Iranian Revolution and received the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1979 (collected in 1992). Golestan died in 2003 after stepping on a landmine while on an assignment for the BBC in northern Iraq.[1,2]
- social criticism
- war reportage
- Iranian revolution
Books
Works by Kaveh Golestan
- 2007 Kaveh Golestan: Recording the Truth in Iran Subject of the book; primary visual content.
Exhibitions
- 1975 Kaveh Golestan
- 1976 Az Div O Dad
- 1978 Three Report: Prostitute, Worker, Asylum
- 2008 Recording the Truth in Iran 1950-2003
- 2014 Kaveh Golestan: The Citadel
- 2014 Recreating Shahr-e No: The Intimate Politics of the Marginal
- 2014 Recreating Shahr-e No: The Intimate Politics of the Marginal
- 2015 Az Div o Dad: Fantastical Polaroids of Kaveh Golestan
- 2015 Kaveh Golestan: Prostitute 1975-77
- 2017 Kaveh Golestan: Prostitute 1975-77
- 2019 Recreating the Citadel, Prostitute 1975-77
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize
- 1979 Robert Capa Gold Medal