In the evening of Thursday 30.Dec in Tehran at the “House of Artists of Iran”, there is a meeting of photography.
This meeting held with the attempt of Iran Cultural Research Office.
In this meeting Mrs.Sarah Moon and Mr.Robert Delpire were attended.At first there’s some talk in memory of our friend Henri Cartier–Bresson, and Mr.Delpire and Mrs.Moon praised him.
Mrs.Sarah Moon is the photographer and film director, showed her worthy film which directed about Bresson.All of us knew that Henri of one of the great temporary photographer passed away, in the age of 95.
Mrs.Moon said: “I hardly make Henri satisfied with the directing a film about him.
this film greatly notified by the audiences who are commonly photographers and artists in that meeting.Robert Delpire who was the assistant and lover of Henri , talked a lot about the days of being with hime and about that how much he is the lover of this film.
He attended in all of the Henri exhibition in every where of world and values and worths the Henri greatly, and he was not believing the lack of Henri’s presence.
He is the manager of the “Photo Poche Publication” and published the valuable books about photography.
In the continue three short film showed from Sarah Moon workes.Films were very interesting. The style of Sarah Moon is the combination of photo, film and super 8 film and it is greatly notified.
She recommend the young audiences for the presentation of new ideas with simple and available possibilities.
The meeting was very valuable and effective.

Please see below links about Mrs.Sarah Moon and Mr.Delpire.

The British photographer Marcus Bleasdale is the winner of this year's international photographic contest "UNICEF Photo of the Year". His photo shows a refugee child in Darfur, Northern Region of Sudan. The Arab militia on horse back drove the girl and her mother away from their village and burnt down their huts.

"The UNICEF photo of the Year 2004 is giving a "face" to the biggest refugee tragedy worldwide: It is the face of a child",

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Germany's First Lady and UNICEF patroness Eva Luise Köhler said at the presentation in Berlin. Mostly unnoticed by the public, the refugee disaster in Darfur is worsening. 70,000 people died already, more than 1.6 million are displaced.

Displaced by recent conflicts her village has been burned down. It is estimated that there are 800.000 displaced people in Darfour who are trapped on the East, West and South by government troops and in the North by the desert wasteland, which will certainly claim the lives of weaker family members and of their livestock. UN consider the situation in Da r fur the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. The Khartoum Government is responsible for systematic killings in the region. More than 200 ,000 people escaped across the bo r der to Chad.

The British photographer Marcus Bleasdale travelled to the Darfour-area in June 2004.

The scientific assembly of Dr.Kazem Motamed-Nejad

27.Dec.2004.Allameh university.Tehran.Iran

An important interview whit him about :

Promotion of Independent and Pluralistic Press

Q: What factors led to the development of independent and pluralistic press in Iran?

A: Following the establishment of "The Press and Propagation Department" in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance then headed by Seyed Mohammad Khatami, the number of newspapers and periodicals increased in Iran. Endeavors of this department, particulary in 1990- 1991 gave a new life to the Iranian press. New policies adopted to ensure the development of the press were easing the restrictions in issuing new publications, allocating financial aid to the press, and providing subsidies for equipment and raw materials required by the press. Also, two centers for the promotion of media studies and research in were established in 1990. Owing to the election of Seyed Mohammad Khatami as the Iranian President in 1997, a new dawn broke in the Iranian journalism and press. Improvements since then included foundation of the first Professional Association of Iranian Journalists, staging the Annual Press Festival to award the accomplished journalists, giving more independence to the press courts attended by a jury, rapid increase of newspapers and periodical across the country, and holding the Second Seminar on the Problems of the Iranian Press. The first such seminar was organized by Mr. Khatami when he was the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in 1991. In the Second Seminar on the Problems of the Iranian Press staged in 1998, freedom of the press and necessity of its legal support was the main area of focus. Meanwhile, another significant topic was "The Press, Civil Society and Political Development in Iran". The next important seminar was held in June 1999 where exports of journalism and law discussed the press rights provide grounds for a reconsideration of the existing Iranian Press Law.

Q: Any figures available to assess this development?

A: In the spring of 1998, Iranian newsstands were offering a choice of 800 periodicals - five times more than those of the pre- Revolution period. However, growth of the press in Iran has not been limited to quantity. A review of the contents of Iranian newspapers and magazines reveals a progress in reflecting specialized and export issues in cultural, social, critical and arts periodicals. Another development of the Iranian press is a noticeable increase in their circulation. In the spring of 1997, about a million copies of newspapers would come out everyday. However, in the spring of 1999, this figure exceeded three million in response to the growing demand and interest of readers. Consequently, based on international criteria of UNESCO, there are fifty newspapers for every 1,000 Iranians. Such a development is unprecedented in Iran. Two of the country's newspaper are currently being published in about 500,000 copies, two others between 100,000 to 200,000 and 21 other newspapers circulate in 20,000 to 100,000 copies.

Q: Has Iran experienced a similar improvement in terms of journalism a discipline?

A: Establishment of professional associations for preserving the press freedom, female journalists, sports writers and photojournalists all indicate that the country is developing in the field. Iran has attached increased importance to the educational aspect of journalism. Measure taken in this respect include establishing separate undergraduate programs for journalism and public relations, undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs for mass communication science and offering on the- job journalism courses.

Q: What steps have been taken to promote these developments in the global scene?

A: Iran has tried to inform the world about in winds of change. An Iran- UNESCO agreement paved the way for a special research project titled "Development of Independent and Pluralistic Press in Iran". Supported by UNESCO, this research is conducted by Alameh Tabatabaie University with the cooperation of Paris University's Press Institute and the Center for Media Studies and Research. This effort specifically deals with:

1. Diversity of newspapers, magazines and specialized periodicals.

2. Plurality of publishing organizations and individuals.

3. Development of critical accounts in the press.

4. New experience of dealing with violations committed by the press before a jury in court.

5. Justifiability of independence, pluralism and freedom as practiced by the Iranian press base on the existing fact. A review of the objectives sough by such a move demonstrates that there is a definite correspondence between the new policies of Iran for the development of the independent and pluralistic press and UNESCO's guidelines in this regards as announced in the 1992 Alma-Ata Seminar... more

Kazem Motamed-Nejad, is the Professor of Communication

Science at the University of Allameh Tabatabai in Teheran (IRAN).

He is called :

" The Father of modern communication science
in iran " .

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He has also received several significant awards, including the 1996 Distinguished Scholarship Award in International and Intercultural Communication from the National Communication Association, and the 1996 Edgar Mills Award for Outstanding Service in Communication from the Communicators of Northwest Indiana.

Dr. Kamalipour is managing editor of a groundbreaking electronic publication, Global Media Journal (http://www.globalmediajournal.com/), editor of a virtual library, Global Media Monitor (http://www.globalmediamonitor.com/), and editor of the Global Media Studies Book Series of the State University of New York Press. In addition to numerous invited speeches and mass media appearances/interviews, his articles have appeared in professional and mainstream publications in the U.S. and abroad.

Dr. Kamalipour received his Ph.D. degree in Communication (Radio-TV-Film) from University of Missouri-Columbia, an M.A. degree in Mass Media from University of Wisconsin-Superior, and a B.A. degree in Mass Communication (Public Relations) from Minnesota State University. He is one of the prominent scholars in the field of mass and international communication. He has been at Purdue University Calumet since 1986.

For further details, visit his personal web site at http://www.kamalipour.com/.

International Assembly on
“Art and Globalization”
Perspective and Achievement

January 16-17 2005

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Center for Artistics Studies and Researches of the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance in collaboration with the Research Department of “Farhangestan-o-Honar” (Art Academy) of the Islamic republic of Iran, is planning to hold on January 16-17 2005, an international assembly on “Art and Globalization: Perspective and Achievement”. The objective of the assembly is to study the “Impact of Globalization on Art” from four angles: aesthetic, cultural, economic and technological.

The subjects to be discussed at the assembly include:

1. Art and Culture
a. Aesthetics-theoretical expression of subjective feeling of and attitude towards the beautiful, as well as moral and cognitive values of life and reality.

b. Art, the active and dynamic element in (national) culture.

c. Culture, the background and context of the promotion of (national) art. d. Folk art and official art.

2. Art and Technology
a. Art, response to practical activities, ideals, and outlooks of human life.

b. Technology (techne) – knowledge or logic of art, applied arts, methods resulting from experience and techniques of industry.

c. Art technology (techne) of oratory, rhetorical embodiment of practical virtues.

3. Art and Economy
a. Relation of art to micro and macro economy.

b. Industrial economy, mass production of art-works, the rights of author/artist in an age of democratized art products.

c. Impact of art on the taste of industrial producers.

Assembly participation requirements:
1- Replies (affirmative or negative) will have to be declared by November 20, 2004.

2- Title as well as an abstract, of the essay in English is to sent by November 30, 2004.

3- Essays are to be sent by December 22, 2004.

* The Assembly will present the essays in English together with their simultaneous translations.

* The center will pay for the return tickets of the non-native participants and also a 2-day
(3-day) stay in Isfahan or Shiraz.