دیوار

by Abbas Kiarostami, Yusef Eshaqpour (Introduction), سهراب مهدوی (Translator)

Abbas Kiarostami has said somewhere that his “photographs are not the outcome of a love for photography but of nature”. With time, however, the lover for photography has increasingly become important to him. He has often spoken of his relationship with the medium of photography. In the beginning he felt uncertain, restless, imbued with the desire to abandon an artificial, unwholesome way of life in the need to capture the “true essence” of nature. But it is difficult to look for natural beauty; in his moments of solitude this search has urged Kiarostami toward photography.

Yusef Eshaqpour.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made many movies and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary film. He is also a major figure in the arts world, and has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his photography, short films and poetry. He is an iconic figure for what he has done, and he has achieved it all by believing in the arts and the creativity of his mind.