.jpg "A visitor takes a picture of a photo at the exhibition of “Afghanistan My Country, The World My Home”. The showcase is currently underway at ECI, Tehran")
TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos by Afghan photographers featuring the daily lives of Afghan immigrants in Iran has opened at the ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Cultural Institute (ECI) in Tehran.
Entitled “Afghanistan My Country, The World My Home”, fifty photos by 36 Afghan photographers have been put on display, ECO has announced on its website.
The photos are selected from the sixth and seventh photo exhibition of Afghan photographers previously held across the country.
The ECI Director Iftikhar Hussain Arif, Afghanistan cultural attaché in Tehran Mohammad Afsar Rahbin and a number of ambassadors of ECO member countries attended the opening ceremony on Thursday.
“The exhibition will also be held in Kabul in March 2015, and a book of photography on Afghanistan will be unveiled during the exhibition,” Rahbin said during the ceremony.
The book contains 250 photos taken by 80 Afghan photographers, he added.
Mojtaba Jalali, Ahmadreza Qolami, Hadi Mohseni, Morteza Heidari, Reza Shahbidak, Tahereh Ahmadi, Roqieh Rasuli and Ali Layeqi are among the photographers.
The exhibition has been organized by the Innovators Photography Society of Afghanistan (IPSA).
The exhibition runs until January 27 at the center located at No. 10, Naz Alley, Movahhed Danesh Ave, in the Aqdasieh District.
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