Kaveh golestan biography of william hill
Kaveh Golestan was born in Abadan, Iran, on 8 July , and died in Kifri, Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, on 2 April Email this to....
Seyyed Kaveh Taghavi Shirazi, born on July 8, in Abadan and previously on April 2, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, known as Kaveh Golestan.
Kaveh Golestan
Iranian photojournalist (1950-2003)
Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (Persian: کاوه گلستان; 8 July 1950 – 2 April 2003) was an Iranian photojournalist and artist.
In 1988 he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja chemical attack during the Iran–Iraq War.
Early life and education
Golestan was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan,[2] translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran.
He was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England.[1][3]
Life and work
In 1988, working as a freelance photographer, he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja chemical attack during the Iran–Iraq War.
He was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his work covering the 1979 revolution for Time.[4]
His picture was shown, among many other people, in the end credits of Roger Waters: The Wall.
Death
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