The Kamran Najafzadeh private collection was initiated in 1996 to preserve photographs and documents from Iran while making them accessible for researchers and students. The collection holds more than 150,000 images dating from the 1860s to the present day and covers Qajar Era photography, as well as images of Berlin, and Arab and European photographers. The collection consists of glass-plate negatives and positives, film-based negatives, slides, black and white and color prints, in addition to particular techniques such as cyanotypes. Other materials include postcards, photography books, scanned images from magazines and newspapers, and photography-related objects.
The collection has been featured in publications and various exhibitions in Iran. It is accessible for students and researchers and is partly available on the website and Facebook page.
The Kamran Najafzadeh private collection was initiated in 1996 to preserve photographs and documents from Iran while making them accessible for researchers and students. The collection holds more than 150,000 images dating from the 1860s to the present day and covers Qajar Era photography, as well as images of Berlin, and Arab and European photographers. The collection consists of glass-plate negatives and positives, film-based negatives, slides, black and white and color prints, in addition to particular techniques such as cyanotypes. Other materials include postcards, photography books, scanned images from magazines and newspapers, and photography-related objects. The collection has been featured in publications and various exhibitions in Iran. It is accessible for students and researchers and is partly available on the website and Facebook page.
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Collection Metadata
Organization Type: Private Collection / Research Center
Collection Size: More than 50000
Period: 1860 to 1900 / 1901 to 1930 / 1931 to 1960 / 1961 to 1980 / Later than 1981
Type of Material: 8mm Films / Acetate / Albums / Audio Files / Audio Recordings / Audio Visual Material / Born Digital Files / Cameras / Cassette Tapes / Color Transparencies / Digital Files / Document Related to Photographic Collections / Film-Based Negatives / Glass Plates / Images / Letters / Lighting Systems / Monochrome (Black and White) / Monochrome Transparencies / Nitrate / Notebooks / Objects / Paper Prints / Photographs on Ceramic / Photographs on Textile / Polychrome (Color Photography) / Polyester / Positive on Metal / Positive on Plastic Films / Positives (Magic Lantern Slides, Stereoscopic View) / Projectors / Spreadsheets (Database) / Stamps / Studio Accessories / Tintypes / Video Files
Country: Iran