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Kaveh Golestan
1950. Born in Abadan, Iran
1960
- 1962
Received his diploma from Aborz High School, Tehran
- 1964
Moved to London
- 1964
Entered Midfield boarding school
- 1969
Returned to Tehran
1970
- 1972
Began his professional career as a photojournalist with his first freelance assignment
- 1975
Photo series, "Shahr-e No", Iran
- 1975
Solo show, "Kaveh Golestan", Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
- 1976
Solo show, "Az Div o Dad", Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
- 1977
Photo series, "Children's Asylum"
- 1977
Laboreres 1977 - 1978
Photo series, "Revolution", Iran
- 1978
Show, "Rouspi, Karegar, Majnoun", Tehran University, Tehran
1980
- 1980
Awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal
- 1980
Photo series, "Iran-Iraq War"
- 1980
Spent much of this year on the front-line of the Iran-Iraq war working for various international photo agencies
- 1983
Established "Reflex Photography Agency" in London
- 1988
Photo Series, Uprising in Kurdistan
2000
- 2001
Photography in Iraq
- 2003
Was killed in Iraq on a mission
- 2008
Show, "Recording the Truth in Iran 1950-2003", The Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010
- 2013
Group show, Dastan Basement Gallery, Tehran
- 2013
Group show, A part of his documentaries (1978-2003), Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
- 2014
Show, "Recreating Shahr-e No: The Intimate Politics of the Marginal", Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- 2014
Show, "Kaveh Golestan: The Citadel", Curator Vali Mahlouji, FOAM Museum of Photography, Amsterdam
- 2014
Group show, "The 4th Ordibehesht", Seyhoun Gallery, Tehran
- 2014
Group photography show of Silk Road Gallery's Artists, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran
- 2015
Show, "Recreating Shahr-e No: The Intimate Politics of the Marginal", Curator Vali Mahlouji, MAXXI Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome
- 2018
Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days", Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
- 2018
Group show, "In the Fields of Empty Days", LACMA, Los Angeles County
- 2019
Group show, "A Few Days in Between", Nabshi Center, Tehran
- 2019
Group show, "Collectionner", Artibition Gallery, Tehran
- 2019
Group show, "Life Documents", Negah Gallery, Tehran
2020
- 2021
Group show, "Gaze", Liam Gallery, Tehran
- 2022
Group show, "Negah Gallery's Photography collection", Negah Gallery, Tehran
- 2025
Group show, "Or", E1 Gallery, Tehran