“Iranian photographers were only taking portrait photos of the king and high-ranking figures at the time of Nasereddin Shah, and that is why portrait photography soon became a profession,” said Nurbakhtiyar.
Amanollah Tariqi, Sa’adat Melli, and Abkarian, were the three most renowned photographers of the Qajar era. They all worked in Isfahan.
In 1889, the first essay on photography in Iran entitled “Aksiyeh Hashariyeh” was written by Mohammad ibn-Ali Meshkat al-Molk, Nurbakhtiyar added.
Industrial and commercial photography began to take off in the country in 1966 with the rise of industrialization in Iran. Iran’s first journalism and public relations school was also launched that year, with photography one of its main courses.
He expressed optimism about the future of photography in Iran, provided that the art form is promoted in the educational system.
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