Hadi Shafaieh
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Hadi Shafaieh, known as “father of modern photography in Iran,” was born in 1923 in Tabriz. From the age of 10 he was infatuated with photography, when he barrowed a Leica camera from the photography section of his father’s pharmacy. He traveled to Tehran after high school, and he was interested in medical school and becoming a surgeon. However, based on his father’s advice, he studied pharmacy in Istanbul, which coincided with the World War II….more
Known as the “king of photography” in Iran, and deservedly so, Hadi Shafaieh was born to the family of Aqa Mir Shafi’ Shafaieh and Marzieh Khanom, in Tabriz, Iran, on 14 August 1923. Shafaieh received his early education in Tabriz and later in Tehran. His career as a photographer began quite early, in 1932, at age 9, when he borrowed his father’s camera to take some pictures. Gradually he was drawn into learning more about his father’s profession and into the daily operations of the store. He was especially fascinated by the variety of films and papers, as well as the chemicals that were stored there…. more
Shafaieh was born in Tabriz in 1923. He received his early education in Tabriz and later in Tehran where he established the Hadi Studio in 1955…. more
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