TEHRAN -- The southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan Province will be hosting the 1st Ahvaz International Science Photo Festival, which will open at the Ahvaz Museum of Contemporary Art next week.
The festival will be held on astronomy and five other categories, the artistic director of the festival, Ahmad Neshan, told the Persian service of ISNA on Monday.
“Photos by celebrated filmmakers including Abbas Kiarostami and Nasser Taqvaii, and actor Reza Kianian and graphic designer Ebrahim Haqiqi will go on display in the festival’s special art section,” Neshan added.
A collection of 10 rare photos loaned by the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will be put on show in this section, he remarked.
A special section has also been dedicated to photos on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as Sacred Defense in Iran.
In addition, Hungarian wildlife photographer Bence Mate will be attending the festival with five photos, he said.
He added that Professor Jolanda Capriglione from Italy’s Second University of Naples has been invited as a guest of honor to the program which will run from February 22 to March 3.
The festival has been organized by the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz in collaboration with the Center for Visual Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
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