Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam
| Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam | |
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| Born | 21 March 1952 Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran |
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Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam (Persian: محمدعلی جدیدالاسلام; March 21, 1952) is an Iranian photographer. He also has the largest collection of photography cameras in Iran with nearly one thousand cameras.[1] Furthermore he has a large collection of photos from the Qajar era.[2][3] He has taken portrait photos of 1500 artists from Iran and Azerbaijan including Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.[4][5]
Early life[edit]
Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam was born in 1952 in Haj Seyed Hasan Alley located in Raste Koche neighborhood in a family familiar with the profession of photography. At the same time at the end of the sixth elementary grade, he started studying photography with Ahmad Kiabakht. He was interested in painting too as he started learning painting in 1964 under the supervision of his teacher, Bajalanlu. Later, he voluntarily chose to be a first grade teacher and taught a course in Dizaj-e Reza Qoli Beyg village of Hashtrud County.[6]
Career[edit]
Jadidoleslam has authored and translated ten books. He has been awarded seven times in photography festivals and he has held fifty exhibitions. He was present in the events of the uprising of Tabriz on February 18, 1978 and recorded a number of photos of that event which was one of the preludes to the 1979 Iranian revolution.[7] Ali Salimi is one of the first celebrities photographed by Jadidoleslam. Jadidoleslam was later chosen to record photos of legendary Iranian poet Shahriar. In 1983, Jadidul Islam opened his photography studio for the first time. He has also done photography with the themes of nature and society, but portraits has remained his main specialty. Jadidoleslam has a high expertise in lighting of portraits, about which he owes himself to the training of Rassam Nakhjavani. He continued photographing portraits of artists thereafter and he has photographed 1500 artists from Iran and Azerbaijan including Reza Naji with his Berlinale award for acting, Reza Kianian, Tony Zarrindast, and many more.
Collections[edit]
Camera Collection[edit]
He has the largest collection of cameras in Iran with the number of 950 cameras. The biggest of them is the lantern camera that takes 24 x 18 film, and the smallest of them are the Minox and Leica spy cameras. Some of these cameras are 150 years old. Among the items in his collection are Faulklander, Schneider, Zeiss lenses, Hasselblad, Zysicon, Kodak, Roliflex, Rolicode, Bronica, Butchers (England), 35mm cameras, Leica types (with the engraved logo of the Third Reich), Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Contax, Robot and various kinds of spy cameras, stereoscope cameras for 3D photography in negatives and old instant cameras. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Tabriz municipality, an exhibition of old photographs of Jadidoleslam was held at the Tabriz International Exhibition. The mayor of Tabriz visited his exhibition and their conversation sparked the initial idea of the municipal museum. The mayor ordered Rasul Jadidoleslam, Muhammad-Ali's brother, to collect photos and materials from the municipal areas and to establish the first municipal museum in the country. Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam donated 150 old cameras along with some photos to the municipal museum.[8]
Qajar Photos Collection[edit]
In addition to the camera, he has a collection of old photos related to the Qajar period, which includes more than 2000 pieces of original photos from the Qajar period, and more than 300 pieces of glass films from the Qajar and first Pahlavi periods. Moreover he has more than 100 130-year-old films on the subject of old carpets which is now in the possession of Tehran Carpet Museum. In 1392, Jadidoleslam obtained the permission to open the first private museum of historical photos in the country.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Largest Camera Collections in Iran".
- ↑ "Anthropology and Photos".
- ↑ "Ceremony to Honor Mohammad-Ali Jadidoleslam".
- ↑ "Jadidoleslam and Photos of Shahriar".
- ↑ "Jadidoleslam and Portraits of 1500 Artists".
- ↑ "Largest Camera Collections in Iran".
- ↑ "Largest Camera Collections in Iran".
- ↑ "Finest Collection of Cameras in Iran".
- ↑ "Historical Collection of Jadidoleslam".
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