Hengameh Golestan

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Hengameh Golestan
هنگامه گلستان
Imperial State of Iran
NationalityIranian
Known forPhotography
SpouseKaveh Golestan
ChildrenMehrak

Hengameh Golestan (Persian: هنگامه گلستان; born Hengameh Jalali (هنگامه جلالی),[1] 1952) is an Iranian photographer. She is considered a pioneer among Iranian women photographers.[2]

In March 1979, when in the aftermath of the

documentary photographers
active in the country.

Life and work

Golestan began working as a photographer at the age of 18; for a while she attended photography school in England, but otherwise she learned the craft from working as an assistant to her husband, photojournalist Kaveh Golestan;[3] the couple had married in 1975, and later had a son, Mehrak.[1]

She began her career in 1972, when there were only a handful of women photographers in the country.

documentary photographers active in the country.[3] These photographs became the basis for the "Witness 1979" series,[5] the majority of which was not exhibited until 2015.[3]

Later in her career, Golestan asked to travel to the front lines to photograph the Iran–Iraq War, a request which was denied due to her gender.[4]

She moved to London with her husband and son in 1984.[3]

Stylistically, Golestan has cited Mary Ellen Mark and Diane Arbus as influences on her work.[4]

Collections

Golestan's work is held in the following public collection:

References

  1. ^ a b Roth, Andrew (3 April 2003). "Obituary: Kaveh Golestan". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ Yildiz, Duygu. "Hengameh Golestan: photographing women in Tehran, 1979". Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Davies, Lucy (10 September 2015). "Witness to revolution: the women of Iran 1979". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Cain, Sian (3 September 2015). "Hengameh Golestan's best photograph: Iranian women rebel against the 1979 hijab law". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ Hengameh, Golestan; Azadeh, Fatehrad (4 September 2015). "Hengameh Golestan : Witness 1979". eprints.kingston.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 December 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Explore the Sackler Contemporary Collection – Freer". www.freersackler.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
  7. ^ "Behind Closed Doors".
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