Jassem Ghazbanpour (Persian: جاسم غضبانپور), born May 31, 1963 is an Iranian Photographer.
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 & 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.
The Independent, pictorial report of Kurds of Iraq, No. 1384, Saturday Mar.23, London, 1991Time International, pictorial report of the Kurds of Iraq, vol. 137, No. 13, April 1, 1991ABC, victims of Chemical attack in Iran- Iraq War, Sep.28, Madrid, 1996El Pais, Victimas olvidadas de Saddam (Victims of Chemical attack in Sardasht, Kurdistan), P. 20, Madrid, Feb.18, 2007El Pais, Religious Minorities in Iran, Jews, p. 4, Madrid, April 9, 2007El Pais, Marriage Dating Agency, P. 46, Madrid, Oct.7, 2007El Pais, woman’s Futsal team exercises with Spanish trainer, P. 35, Madrid, Nov.12, 2007El Pais, interview with Masoumeh Ebtekar (Tehran City Council Member), P. 8, Madrid, Dec.14, 2006El Pais, interview with Mohammad Ali Abtahi (Center for Interreligious Dialogue & Civilization), Madrid, Dec.18, 2007AD: 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 201236 million people City (To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Khorramshahr liberation), Solo Exhibition, Tehran University of Art, May 1984The 2nd Annual photo exhibition, Group Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Nov.1988The 3rd Annual photo exhibition, Group Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Feb. 1989The 1st Journalistic photos exhibition, Group Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Dec 1990The 4th Annual photo exhibition, Group Exhibition, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Jan. 1991Tehran under missile attack, Solo exhibition, District 1 gallery, Tehran Research and Planning Center, Feb 1996Paradise, the Lost, Group exhibition, Seyhoon Gallery, Tehran, Dec.1996Aerial Photos, Solo exhibition, District 1 gallery, Tehran Research and Planning Center, Jan. 1999Regards Persans – une revolution photographique", Group exhibition, Paris Musees, 20 June- 31 Aug. 2001Iran, Group exhibition, Silk Road Gallery, Tehran, 2002Splendor of Iranian Garden: Iranian Garden photos and plans, Solo Exhibition, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development lobby, Sep. 2004SOS- world heritage, Group exhibition, UNESCO and NHK, Tokyo international university of fine art and music, Japan, 2006Iranian Lady, Group exhibition, Municipal Paris, April 2008Tehran Documented, Group exhibition, Aran Gallery, July 2010Requiem for Innocence, Group exhibition, Aran Gallery, Sept. 2011Iran Modern, Group exhibition, Asia Society Museum, New York, Sep. 2013 - Jan. 2014UNEDITED HISTORY, Iran 1960-2014, Group exhibition, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, May- Aug. 2014UNEDITED HISTORY, Iran 1960-2014, Group exhibition, MAXXI museum, Rome, Italy, December 10, 2014 March 29, 20151985 2nd place Graphic photography, 4th Iranian young Cinema Festival-Tehran1987 3rd place, The 4th Education from view of images photo competition-Tehran1990 Merit Certificate, "world in Focus", International photo competition, Red Cross, Red Crescent Magazine, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies1991 3rd place, "1st Journalistic photos exhibition"2004 "Active Photographer of the year" award, "Iranian Photographers house"2006 "Active Photographer of the year" award, "Iranian Photographers house"2008 Honor plaque for the best work, "The 2nd Festival of top research and innovation in the urban management"2008 Appreciated for cooperating in "Photo Expo" with "Art Academy"2008 Appreciated in, "The 11th Holly Defense year book festival" for publishing the book: "Eye Witnesses of the Time"Life and nothing more, Abbas Kiarostami, 1992The pear tree, Dariush Mehrjoui, 1998Membership in Professional Groups and Associations
Fine Arts developing InstituteNational Association of PhotographyPhotographers Association of crisis, IranIran Press Photographers AssociationIran Cultural Heritage Photographers AssociationCaroun Photo Club (CPC), Vancouver, CanadaCanadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA)
