Kamran Adle Information

Adle, Kamran (August 11, 1941) Iranian contemporary photographer Childhood and Education He was born in a celebrated intellectual family in the Pol-e-Choobi one of the quarters of old Tehran. His father, Ahmad Hossein Khan Adle was the founder of Iran modern agriculture, and his mother, Homa Ziaolmolk Vali was one of the granddaughters of the commander Homayoun Poor. Kamran after completing the primary and secondary courses at 17 left Iran for France to follow his educations and entered in the Paris art school to study photography. Professional Activities Once Kamran was a young boy, he became familiar the exciting process of photography and the passion of being a photographer rooted in his heart and he took his first photo from the Qom railroad station at 12. In 1959 he migrated to Paris to become familiar with the latest photography technology and after graduating from conservatory he started to work in one of the greatest photographic labs and then joined Jacques Rouchon the celebrated Paris vogue photographer and stayed with him up to his return to Iran. He returned to Iran in 1968 and was employed by Iran National Television and worked in the section of film producing. His arrival with his cameras which were equipped with the latest technologies of the world, made a great reform in Iran photography and introduced a new style of photography to Iran. Kamran within the years who was working for T.V. he worked in the fields of all the aspects of photography, including news photography, scene photography, architectural photography and social photography and finally left that organization due to some conspiracies against him. By leaving T.V. he started taking a photo of museums’ items, tiling works and buildings with Iranian architecture, and then due to his attachment to historical and cultural attractions of various parts of Iran, as an independent photographer, took outnumbered photos of Iran bazaars, Iranian carpets, Iranian architectures, nomads, religious ceremonies, Iranian festivals, and Iranian arts. His works have been displayed in foreign and domestic exhibitions and some books were published of his photos. In 1979 he started his cooperation with the Aqa Khan Cultural Foundation and as a photographer of Judging Board he travelled in the various countries of Islam world such as Tunisia, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania and from that year to heretofore he has kept his cooperation with that Foundation.