The first competition in 2014 attracted hundreds of entries from all over the world. Now, the Craft & Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) in Los Angeles and the Farhang Foundation have put out a call for entries for the second, biennial juried exhibition of contemporary photography and video works relating to Iranian culture and heritage. The submission period opened June 1st and runs through August 8, 2016. Up to 40 photographs and videos will be selected by a panel of seven jurors for inclusion in a group exhibition at CAFAM from January 2017 to May 2017.
The judges this year include Claudia James Barlett, who directs and co-owns Photo L.A. and FOCUS Photo L.A. There’s Reza Deghati, an international photojournalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Time, Newsweek, Stern, Paris Match and El Pais. Then there is Arpad Kovacs, Assistant Curator of the Photography Department at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Winner, 2014 Focus Iran competition, Life, by Amir Behrooz
The competition is open to all artists 18 years old and older and costs nothing to enter. It was started as a way to identify and encourage emerging talent who have documented a slice of life or culture in Iran or that connects with the Iranian Diaspora. You can find the complete list of submission rules here.
Winner, 2014 Focus Iran, Child's View, by Sharokh Jafari
For those of you not familiar with Farhang, it is a non-religious, non-political, and not-for-profit foundation established in 2008 to celebrate and promote Iranian art and culture for the benefit of the community at large. The board is made up of Iranian-Americans and others with impeccable credentials from the film, arts, business, and professional sectors. Among those of particular interest to our readers Farhad Mohit, Founder & CEO of Flipagram, BizRate.com, and Shopzilla, and Mark Amin, CEO of Sobini Films, a motion picture production and financing company.
[Photos used with permission of Farhang Foundation, Tank photo by Siamak Nasiri Ziba]
