Mohsen Rastani, a prominent photographer and one of the influential figures in Iranian documentary and social photography, passed away this morning, Sunday, November 2, 1405, after a period of illness.
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Mohsen Rastani, a veteran photographer and war documentarian who became one of the country's leading figures in documentary photography by capturing images of the Iran-Iraq War and projects about Iranian life and society, has passed away.
Mohsen Rastani, a prominent photographer and one of the influential figures in Iranian documentary and social photography, passed away this morning, Sunday, November 2, 1405, after a period of illness.
He began his professional career during the Iran-Iraq war, and by capturing images of the war, people's lives, and its social consequences, he became one of the most important figures in Iranian documentary photography.