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Mon, 11/01/2010 - 13:54
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Tehran museum to hang hajj photos
TEHRAN, Nov.1 (MNA) -- Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art will hold a photo exhibition on the hajj pilgrimage by Manuchehr Yeganedust.
Photos taken by Yeganedust in the 1960s and 70s will be showcased at the exhibit which will be held from November 8 to December 4.
“I was beaten by the Saudi Arabian Police Force while I was taking photos in those years, but I did not give up taking them,” Yeganedust told .
He said that there were no hotels around the Kaaba in those days, so that the photos are totally different from those which have been taken in recent years.
“I took photos whenever I went to pilgrimage, so I accumulated many photos. I do not have enough space to keep all of them so I donated many of my photos to Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization,” he added.
“I always consider architecture, angle of view, horizon and light direction when I want to take a picture, but sometimes you fall in love with a scene and you decide to snap a photo and that happens many times during the hajj pilgrimage,” he added.
The exhibit will run at the museum which is located at 64 Mozaffar Bros. St., off Taleqani Ave., near Felestin Square.
Photos taken by Yeganedust in the 1960s and 70s will be showcased at the exhibit which will be held from November 8 to December 4.
“I was beaten by the Saudi Arabian Police Force while I was taking photos in those years, but I did not give up taking them,” Yeganedust told .
He said that there were no hotels around the Kaaba in those days, so that the photos are totally different from those which have been taken in recent years.
“I took photos whenever I went to pilgrimage, so I accumulated many photos. I do not have enough space to keep all of them so I donated many of my photos to Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization,” he added.
“I always consider architecture, angle of view, horizon and light direction when I want to take a picture, but sometimes you fall in love with a scene and you decide to snap a photo and that happens many times during the hajj pilgrimage,” he added.
The exhibit will run at the museum which is located at 64 Mozaffar Bros. St., off Taleqani Ave., near Felestin Square.
