The winners of the National Photo Frame Festival were honored

According to Fars news agency, the first edition of the national photo festival “Qab Mandaj” was held with the presence of 200 photographers from all over the country and more than 2000 works, 32 works in the main section titled “Golzarhai Shahada” and 80 works in the special section titled “Permanent frames” were selected.

The opening ceremony of the permanent frame exhibition was held on Tuesday, November 24, this year at the art house gallery. At the beginning of this opening ceremony, which was held with the presence of a group of photographers and participants in the festival; Seyed Ehsan Bagheri, director of Iran Photographers’ House, while welcoming the attendees, said: “Perhaps one of my dreams and the things I always wanted to pursue was to hold an exhibition of lasting frames.” For several years, we wanted to get together under this pretext, but for some reason, this did not happen, until finally, after the delays, with the help of God and the martyrs, and the presence of photography activists, this happened.

He further added: Iran Photographers’ House promises all the photographers who intend to work on the graves of martyrs and whose ideas are new, that it will support them in all aspects. With the help of our friends, we will definitely organize the next courses so that we can preserve and pass on this image heritage, which unfortunately has been lost in some cases due to the bad taste that existed.

Furthermore, Mohammad Mohsenifar, the secretary of the National Lasting Frame Festival, also thanked the photographers who participated in this national event and said: Although the theme of the festival was an important and special issue, the photographers who participated recorded lasting photos, and this shows that other courses of We can have a lasting frame.

He went on to say that in the first round, 200 photographers announced their activity, and in the end we received 2000 thousand works, he said: In the first round of the permanent frame, we had a series of problems and maybe there were some shortcomings, and I hope to make up for this shortcoming in the next rounds. do.

After Mohsenifar’s speech, Abdul Hossein Badrloo, who was part of the jury of this festival, told the audience: “In the Qab Mandaj festival, we tried to take advantage of the diversity of different flower gardens, different ethnicities, and different graves of martyrs among all the works that exist…

He further said: This collection of photos gave me the feeling that the photographers did not look at this project as a financial project, and according to the activities that were carried out, we will definitely do more in the next courses and record lasting works. we do.

Baderlo said: “Unfortunately, by looking at the many photos that came to us from Gulzar Shahadah, we saw graves that were destroyed, and we no longer have this lasting heritage because of some biased tastes, and their photos were not artistic.”

The member of the Jury Committee of the National Enduring Frame Photo Festival continued: The idea of ​​Enduring Frame started from an Instagram page, and in the past 5 years, we have carried out processes and held meetings to witness the progress of this event. Even my friends, such as Mr. Mohsenifar, gave training to friends in the virtual space so that we can have a better way of photographing the graves of the martyrs, and today, in this exhibition, we see some of them.

At the end of the ceremony, in the presence of the officials of the National Enduring Frame Festival, the selected people of the first edition of the “Enduring Frame” National Photo Festival were honored and two photographers received a special award from the festival secretary. The winners are as follows: 1st place: Ahmed Belbasi from Tehran, 2nd place: Hossein Zahrvand from Tehran, 3rd place: Ali Hamed Haqdoost from Tabriz, special award of the festival secretary: Saber Ghazi from Tabriz, Hamid Hamed Haqdoost from Tabriz.

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