Kamran Adle - Part 01 - کامران عدل - قسمت اول

Adle, Kamran (August 10, 1941) Iranian contemporary photographer
Childhood and Education
He was born in a celebrated intellectual family in the Pol-e-Choobi one of the quarters of old Tehran. His father, Ahmad Hossein Khan Adle was the founder of Iran modern agriculture, and his mother, Homa Ziaolmolk Vali was one of the granddaughters of the commander Homayoun Poor. Kamran after completing the primary and secondary courses at 17 left Iran for France to follow his educations and entered in the Paris art school to study photography.
Professional Activities
Once Kamran was a young boy, he became familiar the exciting process of photography and the passion of being a photographer rooted in his heart and he took his first photo from the Qom railroad station at 12. In 1959 he migrated to Paris to become familiar with the latest photography technology and after graduating from conservatory he started to work in one of the greatest photographic labs and then joined Jacques Rouchon the celebrated Paris vogue photographer and stayed with him up to his return to Iran. He returned to Iran in 1968 and was employed by Iran National Television and worked in the section of film producing. His arrival with his cameras which were equipped with the latest technologies of the world, made a great reform in Iran photography and introduced a new style of photography to Iran. Kamran within the years who was working for T.V. he worked in the fields of all the aspects of photography, including news photography, scene photography, architectural photography and social photography and finally left that organization due to some conspiracies against him.
By leaving T.V. he started taking a photo of museums’ items, tiling works and buildings with Iranian architecture, and then due to his attachment to historical and cultural attractions of various parts of Iran, as an independent photographer, took outnumbered photos of Iran bazaars, Iranian carpets, Iranian architectures, nomads, religious ceremonies, Iranian festivals, and Iranian arts.
His works have been displayed in foreign and domestic exhibitions and some books were published of his photos.
In 1979 he started his cooperation with the Aqa Khan Cultural Foundation and as a photographer of Judging Board he travelled in the various countries of Islam world such as Tunisia, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania and from that year to heretofore he has kept his cooperation with that Foundation.

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Private Life
Kamran Adle married in 197, but this marriage terminated to separation and the fruit of this marriage is a daughter who is living in Paris.
Works
1. Paris city photos collections, 1962-1965
2. Paris vogue photos collections, 1965-68
3. Tehran Asian Competitions photos collection, 1967
4. News, theater, scenes and … photos collection in Iran National T.V., 1968-1974
5. Collection photos of Iran Religious Ceremonies, 1968-1979
6. Collection photos of Iran Bazaars, 1968-1979
7. Collection photos of Iran Archive, 1970-1972
8. Collection photos of Iranian horses for the Royal Horse Association, 1971
9. Collection photos of Pahlavi Great Library, 1975
10. Collection photos of Iranian Carpets, 1975
11. Collection photos of Iran, the then Pahlavi Library, 1975-1976
12. Collection photos of performance of design in Iran Tiling, 1975-1977
13. Collection photos of the paintings of Kerman and Rasht Contemporary Art Museums, 1975
14. Collection photos of the files of photos of main Abbasi Museum’s items, 1975
15. Yazd collection photos, 1975-1977
16. Bushehr collection photos, 1976
17. Char Mahal Bakhtiyari collection photos, 1976
18. Iran Contemporary Architecture collection photos, 1976-1977
19. Qom collection photos, 1979
20. Tehran collection photos in the years of war with a look at the people’s life and the caricatures of Saddam Hossein on the walls, 1981-1988
21. Ahwaz steel Complex, collection photos, 19881-1988
22. Collection photos of Architecture for the Architecture Judging Board of Aqa Khan Foundation, 1983-2001
23. Africa collection of social photos with an aesthetic glance, 1983-2010
24. Architecture collection photos, 1984-2011
25. Tehran collection photos, 1985-1989
26. Tehran collection photos, 1985-1989
27. Shiraz collection photos, 1990
28. Isfahan collection photos, 1989
29. Turkman Sahra collection photos, 1991
30. Collection photos of Passargad, Naqsh-e-Rustam and Persepolis, 1993
31. Collection photos of National Council Parliament, after conflagration and reconstruction, 1995
32. Collection photos of Iranian glasses, 1996
33. Collection photos of Architecture of Islamic Summit Session Gathering
34. India collection photos, Aqa Khan’s Cultural Foundation, 2004
35. Collection photos of Kuwait Architecture, Aqa Khan’s Cultural Foundation, 2005
36. Tehran collection photos, 2013
Authorships
Some of Kamran Adle’s photos have been published in the following books:
• Marriage Deeds belong to the 19th and 20th Centuries which are kept in the Negarestan Museum, 1976
• A Glance at the Char Mahal Bakhtiary, 1977
• Design and Performance in Iran Tiling, published in Reza Abbasi Museum, 1983
• Those Who Turn Earth into Elixir: Today’s Feature of Isfahan, published by Soroosh Publication, 1991
• Those Day Never Be Forgotten, Those Days; Shiraz Architecture, 1993
• Iranian Bazaar, 1992
• The Seventh Mausoleum, published by Rozaneh Publication, 2011
• Iranian Carpet arranged and written by Siavash Azadi
• The Line of Masonry, written by Mahmood Maher-ol-Naqsh
Exhibitions
1. Washington Exhibitions, 1977
2. Exhibition of Extra-Ordinary Postal Cards, 1991
3. Exhibition of Istanboli Potatoes in Barg Gallery, 1998
4. Exhibition of Iron Thin Rods in Barg Gallery, 1999
5. Exhibition of canned cans in Barg Gallery, 2000
6. Exhibition of “Once Upon a Time” in Shiraz Gallery: some photos of natural scenes and Iran villages, belong to 40 years ago, 2001
7. Exhibition of Hallucination of Glasses, in Barg Gallery, 2001
8. Exhibition of “The Glance of Tehran Mousses” in Laleh Gallery, 2002
9. Exhibition of Tehran Homeless Cats, Elaheh Gallery, 2003
10. Exhibition of The sun of July, Asar Gallery, 2004
11. Exhibition of Iranian Garden Decorating in Sa’d Abad Palace, 2005
12. Exhibition of Furniture of Shahrestani Market in the first gallery, of Niavaran Farhangsara to support the needy patients suffering from cancer it, was held by the Behnam Daheshpoor Charity Institution, 2004
13. Exhibition of photos Taken in India, Mah Gallery, 2005
14. Exhibition of Shazdeh Mahan’s Garden, Mah Gallery, 2005 (the photos of the exhibition was used for the postal stamps which were published jointly by Iran-Spain), 2006
15. Exhibition of the Taste of Earth, Khak Gallery, 2007
16. Exhibition of 50 Years Effort, Aran Gallery, 2008
17. Exhibition of Mir Hossein Mousavi's Architecture, Honar Farhangestan Gallery, 2008
18. Exhibition foe showing under the title of “Once upon the Time”, Shirin Gallery, 2008
19. Exhibition and auction of sporadic photos, Shirin Gallery, 2009
20. Exhibition a collection under the title of “From Blue Sky to Second Glance” in the Etemad Gallery, 2010
21. Exhibition of Dialogue, Gallery 9 in Tbilisi, Georgia, 2011
22. Exhibition photos under the title of “Unrequited Aspirations and Gone with the Wind”, Etemad Gallery on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of working as a professional photographer, 2014
23. Exhibition of Shiraz photos
24. Exhibition of Documentary Contemplation
25. Exhibition of the 4th Ordibehesht (April-May)
26. Exhibition of Snapshot, in the Museum of the House of Photography, 2013
Awards
• The Artistic Prize of Tehran’s Heart, 2017 (on the occasion of 230th Anniversary of choosing Tehran as the capital city, with a concentration on the old Tehran area), awarded by 12th region of Tehran Municipality
• An appreciation tablet of Tehran Peak, Festival, 2013 (the prize was awarded by Art-Cultural Management of 12the Region of Municipality
• He was commemorated along with 10 pioneer photographers in the Imam Ali Museum, 2016