Inauguration of “Mehr Samen” photo exhibition in Mehrsan Gallery

According to the Fars news agency, the opening ceremony of the Mehrsamen photo exhibition was held on Tuesday evening, June 8, 1401, at the Mehrsan Cultural and Artistic Institute. In this ceremony, Mahmoud Salari, Deputy Minister of Arts, Hossein Rafieian, CEO of Mehrsan Cultural and Artistic Institute, Abdolreza Sohrabi, Director General of the Center for Visual Arts, Alireza Janeh, Secretary of Astan Quds Razavi Service Centers in Tehran and Seyed Ali Hosseini, Director General of Government and Parliamentary Relations. Art was present.

The program began with the performance of the “Zainbiun” anthem group. The teenage members of this group sang a hymn describing Imam Reza (as).

We are here to create an artistic work

Alireza Janeh, the secretary of Astan Quds Razavi service centers in Tehran province, was the first speaker at the ceremony. He said: “Not everyone has the opportunity to go to the holy city of Mashhad, and our effort is to create a spiritual atmosphere, and now we have tried to create the mentioned atmosphere through such events, and today we are in the service of Hazrat Reza PBUH in one of our shrines to do something.” Figure out artistically.

Janeh continued: The organizers of the first Mehr Samen Festival and the photographers who participated in it, all loved and still love Imam Reza, and I enjoyed seeing the photos with the subject of the Eighth Imam (AS).

The secretary of Astan Quds Razavi Service Centers in Tehran, said: The photographers participating in this exhibition have spent a lot of time to capture these images, which is really admirable, and I thank those who started this romantic movement a few months ago. I am glad that beautiful photos have been displayed in the first photo exhibition of “Mehr Samen”.

We called the joint events with Astan Mehr Samen

Hossein Rafieian, CEO of Mehrsan Cultural and Artistic Institute, which is the founder and organizer of the first “Mehr Samen” photo exhibition, said in a speech: “We are the first cultural, artistic and campus complex that supports various branches of art without government assistance and at personal expense.” . Thank God, during the Corona period, when most of the works were closed, we continued our activities and we consider this presence thanks to Mr. Imam Reza (as). It was their kindness that enabled us to be able to serve him.

He continued: Mehrsan Institute has officially started its activities since 1397. Mehrsan entered the social, spiritual and religious spheres, and thanks to the eighth Imam, he joined us and accepted us as his servant. Therefore, we signed a memorandum of understanding with the office of Astan Quds Razavi to provide cultural and artistic events and the necessary infrastructure for holding cultural and artistic events in Astan.

An enduring artist who does something for God

Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Director General of Government and Parliamentary Relations, was the other speaker at the ceremony, who while congratulating the Decade of Dignity and Birth of Imam Masoumeh (AS) and Imam Reza (AS), said: It is considered a shrine and is sacred.

Seyyed Ali Hosseini continued: “Culture is a collection of customs and beliefs.” Now we have to ask what is art? The artist cycles and perpetuates culture and transmits it from generation to generation. The pilgrim’s prayer is a moment that the brilliant photographer records forever.

He continued: “An artist’s work lasts to create a divine work.” What put Farshchian in the heart of everyone is the design of the holy shrine of Imam Reza against peace. In the valley among the artists of other schools of art in the world, if you look, you will see that there are people who have done something for God.

At the end, a short chanting ceremony was performed and then the servants of Imam Reza brought his blessed flag to the ceremony and then the audience headed to Mashhad Reza to read the pilgrimage of the eighth Imam.

The call for the “Mehr Samen” exhibition was published in late May, and it was possible to send works to participate in the exhibition until June 30. Judgments were also made on the 10th and 11th of Khordad.

One thousand one hundred and ninety-two works participated in this exhibition, which was judged in three stages.

Finally, seventy-five photographs were selected for display in the exhibition, and three works were selected as selected works. Also, three participants were recognized by the jury.

The selected people of this exhibition are:

First person: عAmir Ali Javadian from Tehran

Second person: Hamid Azizi ان Khaneghahi

Third person: Hamidreza Habibi

Hamed Khalili, Seyed Mostafa Yousefi and Hadi Dehghanpour were also recognized.

The first person will receive 5 million Tomans, the second person 4 million Tomans and the third person 2 million Tomans.

Each of the honored photographers will receive a gift of 500,000 Tomans.

“Mehr Samen” exhibition in “Mehrsan” gallery will start on June 8 and will continue until June 16. Those who are interested can see the works of this exhibition every day from 10:00 to 18:00.

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