AWARDS

2019 Sunshine Coast Open House Photography Competition

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Open House is a free, annual event in many Australian cities. Although it is an architectural event, it is open to the public as well as to experts in the construction industry. It allows the opportunity for people to visit some iconic places, from high-end architectural design to heritage listed properties not normally accessible to the public, such as government offices, buildings of famous companies and private houses.

The selection criteria for the buildings includes sustainable design, architectural merit and innovation, to give people a broad view of both current and heritage architecture. People often find the building architects on site to talk about concepts, details and construction processes.

Sunshine Coast Open House 2019 was held on 19 and 20 October. It celebrated the region’s architecture, offering behind-the-scenes access to some of the Coast’s iconic buildings. A concurrent photography competition encouraged people to take their best shots of the Open House buildings. Photographers could compete for commendation in four different categories, Exterior, Detail, Interior, and People, as well as to be the overall winner.

Mike Ahern Center, Maroochydore, QLD, Australia - the overall winner of the 2019 Sunshine Coast Open House Photography Competition

The closing ceremony was held on 6 November 2019. The open house committee announced Hossein Farahani as the overall winner of the 2019 Sunshine Coast Open House Photography Competition for his photo of the Mike Ahern Building located in Maroochydore. Hossein was also awarded a high commendation in the People category for his photo of Two Tree House designed by Bark Architects.

Two Tree House, Buderim, QLD, Australia - High commendation in the People category of the 2019 Sunshine Coast Open House Photography Competition

The Art of Building photography competition

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The Art of Building photography competition is an international showcase for the very best digital photography of the built environment. The competition, run by the Chartered Institute of Building, celebrates the creativity of the industry, the passion of the people who work within it, and the impact their work has on those who make use of the final construction. Photographers can submit up to three photographs across three categories : Architecture, conservation and heritage and human interaction.

It is a competition that celebrates buildings and the relationship people have with the built environment. Selected photographs feature in real public installations as the competition transforms construction hoarding into gallery spaces.

In ninth year of CIOB , hossein farahani's photo has been one of the tweleve finalists.

About the finalisted photo :

The Umrah is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed by Muslims. Pilgrim women have changed their regular cloths with special white ones in Miqat Dhul Hulifa Bir Ali which is a historical mosque near Medina. changing the cloths and being ready for pilgrimage is a part of this ritual. They presence with those cloths in this mosque where has an important role in Umrah. This is a huge interaction between people and architecture Permanently.

Kerman Tourism Photo Festival 2016

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The first year of Kerman Tourism Photo Festival (in 2016) was held in three categories: Amateur Photographers, Professional Photographers and Kerman Professional Photographers.
Two of Hossein Farahani's works which captured Lut Desert, reached the finals and one of them named “Lut Desert” got second prize in the Professional Photographers category.
Exhibition of the selected works of Kerman Tourism Photo Festival was held in Shahid Atashi Gallery in May/June? 2016. One hundred and twenty selected photos sent to the festival’s secretariat were exhibited. Its closing ceremony took place in Kosar Cultural Center in June 2016. 

Lut Desert, Iran, 2012.

Lut Desert, Iran, 2012.

Britpart Calendar Competition 2016

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Britpart Calendar Competition with the subject of capturing Land Rover cars is held every year to select photos for its company’s calendar. Overall winner of the year 2016 was a photo I took of my own car which I usually used on difficult eco trip. This off-road car which I called Rajaz with Land Rover platform was produced by Morratab Khodro Company which had been working with Land Rover in making its vehicles in Iran for a long time. This photo was shot in Maranjab Salt Lake at an autumn sunset.

Rajaz in Salt Planet,2014.

Khayyam International Exhibition of Photography 2014

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The second year of Khayyam International Exhibition of Photography with the purpose of improving photography and arousing a colloquy between Iranian photographers and their peers from all around the world and also in commemoration of Hakim Omar Khayyam, the great Iranian scientist, philosopher and poet was held by Focus Photo Club, FIAP’s representative in Iran. 
KHAYYAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHY is the only annual Persian Photo Exhibition with the patronage of both the Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique (FIAP), 2015/394 and the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), 2015/58. It is also conducted under the approved rules of the Photographic Society of America (PSA).
 

First and second years of Khayyam International Exhibition of Photography were the most participated festivals in Iran. It was the only Iranian festival which its number of foreign participants exceeded its Iranian ones. Selected works were shown in 32 cities. 

Photo : Mohammadreza Jabbari

Photo : Mohammadreza Jabbari

Five of Hossein Farahani`s works were accepted the festival and one of them was nominated for the best astrophotograph which eventually won the gold medal. Its closing ceremony took place in winter 2015.

closing ceremony, photo: focusteam.ir

closing ceremony, photo: focusteam.ir

International Photography Awards 2014

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International Photography award(IPA) in association with Lucie Foundation is one of the most popular and reliable international contests in which well-known international photographers compete to get the awards of its different categories every year. 
IPA 2014 granted Hossein Farahani four titles of “honourable mention”. Two individual photos and a series were praised in four categories.  As this competition is of high level, these four titles are really valuable. Two individual photos and a series were praised in four categories. 

Human Footprint:

Here is the Earth; our mother; on which the human footprint has been always accompanied by corruption and disorder. The rivers which are running dry, the aquatic life which is dying, the forests which are being destroyed, all for human’s ambition. Changes in ecosystems have permanently been followed by environmental disruption and problems. Although still fighting for its survival and reconstruction, the Earth will retrieve its own right.

The Religious School of Seyed Ghelich Ishan

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The 2014 International Earth and Sky Photo Contest

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TWAN photo contest is an international reliable astrophotography contest. TWAN depicts a different aspect of astrophotography, in which a landscape picture from earth ends towards the night sky.  The photos do not show the deep-sky objects, but rather a combination of Earth and the sky. 
In the 2014 contest , ”Salt planet”, which was captured in the same year, was awarded by honourable mention. This photo which is the result of combining 150 photos with forty-five-second exposure (a total of 112 minute exposure) was captured in the center of Maranjab salt lake during an extremely gleeful indelible night. The light pollution on the horizon is of Varamin and Tehran which is visible from a distance of 100 kilometres.

Salt Planet, 2014.

Salt Planet, 2014.