Jassem Ghazbanpour (Persian: جاسم غضبانپور) (born May 31, 1963) is an Iranian photographer.
Biography
Ghazbanpour began photographing in the field of social documentary in 1976. In his youth, his photography was attempting to record the circumstances and the daily life of the people of his birthplace.
In 1980, with the start of the Iran–Iraq War, he started photographing battlefields and the cities which had been affected by the war, to show the impact of it.
He has taken photographs from Afghanistan, (just after the fall of the Taliban), Iraq (Gulf War and Iraq War) and Iraqi Kurdistan (independence period).
Ghazbanpour earned his BA in the field of photography from Tehran University of Art (1983–1986).
After the war ended, Ghazbanpour started to take pictures of the culture, art, and the architecture of Iran, in all possible aspects, and he represented a new look of Iran in his works. In addition to publishing several books in the war field (e.g. Chemical Massacre in Halabja, Sky and Earth: Tehran under missile attack), he has published many books about Iran (e.g. New Life-Old Structure, Iranian House, Iran from the Sky, The Splendor of Iran). In his background, he has numerous individual and group exhibitions in Iran and in other countries such as Indonesia, Japan, France, Italy. Additionally, many local and international magazines and newspapers have used his photos.
Bibliography
New life- old structure, a selection of valuable structures with plans (3 vol.), Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 1st edition1992, 2nd edition1993 Sky and Earth: Tehran under missile attack, Research and planning center of Tehran, selected as “The war year book”, Tehran, 1997 Aqa Lotf’ Ali Souratgar-e-Shirazi: Biography and his works, Iran Cultural Heritage organization, 1997 Iranian House: introducing 50 Iranian valuable old houses with plans, National Organization of Housing 1996, Tiss publication, 2001 Iran from the Sky: aerial photos from different cities of Iran, Tiss Publication, fall 2000 The Splendor of Iran (3 volumes), Booth Clibborn, England, 2001 Life and works of Sani–ol–Molk, Iran University Press (IUP), Tehran, 2003 Bam: photo Report on Bam before and after the earthquake, Tiss publication, 1st 2003, 2nd 2004 A Review on the Iran music background based on pre-Islamic remain objects, Iran Cultural Heritage organization, spring 2004 Splendors of Quran Calligraphy & Illumination, Contributor: Martin Lings, Photographs by Jassem Ghazbanpour, Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation, Thames & Hudson, , London, Dec. 2005 Splendor of Khuzestan, Tiss Publication, 2009 Contemporary Architecture of Iran: 75 years of public building experience- from 1921 to 1996 Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2009 City eyewitnesses: selection of wall paintings and sculptures of Tehran, Tiss Publication, 2010
Photo reports
The Independent, pictorial report of Kurds of Iraq, No. 1384, Saturday Mar.23, London, 1991 Time International, pictorial report of the Kurds of Iraq, vol. 137, No. 13, April 1, 1991 ABC, victims of Chemical attack in Iran- Iraq War, Sep.28, Madrid, 1996 El Pais, Victimas olvidadas de Saddam (Victims of Chemical attack in Sardasht, Kurdistan), P. 20, Madrid, Feb.18, 2007 El Pais, Religious Minorities in Iran, Jews, p. 4, Madrid, April 9, 2007 El Pais, Marriage Dating Agency, P. 46, Madrid, Oct.7, 2007 El Pais, woman's Futsal team exercises with Spanish trainer, P. 35, Madrid, Nov.12, 2007 El Pais, interview with Masoumeh Ebtekar (Tehran City Council Member), P. 8, Madrid, Dec.14, 2006 El Pais, interview with Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Center for Interreligious Dialogue & Civilization), Madrid, Dec.18, 2007 AD: Architectural Design, Iran: past, present, future, No. 217, P. 18 Khajo Bridge, 20 Shazde Garden, 21 Fin garden,42 Chelsoton palace, 43 Ibn sina mausoleum (above)& Tehran museum of contemporary arts below,76–77 Azadi square, London, May / June 2012