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Masoud Soheili, MCAPA,
ACAPA, MPSA
Born in Feb. 13, 1956, Tehran, Iran
BS Sharif (Aryamehr) University of Technology
Starting photography in 1963; serious works from 1971
Caroun Photography Studio, North Vancouver, 2010
Exhibitions
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Collaborating in group exhibitions, Sharif University of Technology,
1974-1977
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Group Photography Exhibition, inauguration of Mehrva Gallery, Tehran, June 2006
(Subject:
Green)
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Collaborating in group exhibition, in 8 cities in Iran, November
2007-Nov 2008 (Subject: Mass)
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Group Photography Exhibition, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver,
Canada, May 2008
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Individual Photography Exhibition "Pottery", Coal Harbour
Community Centre, Vancouver, Canada, July 2008
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Group Photography Exhibition, Tsawwassen Arts Centre, Delta, BC, Canada,
November 2008 (Art
Shots)
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Group Exhibition,
"The 3rd Annual
Iranian American Community Alliance", Seattle, USA, June 2009
(Subject:
Open)
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Individual Photography Exhibition "Pottery", Silk Purse
Gallery, West Vancouver, Nov 2009
- Group Exhibition, Graffiti co. Art Studio Gallery, North Vancouver,
Canada, 2009
- Group Exhibition, Graffiti co. Art Studio Gallery, North Vancouver,
Canada, February 2010 (Subject:
Hear
to Hand)
- Group Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery (CAG), North Vancouver, Canada, May 2010
(Subject: A Photo for Your
Wall)
- Group Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery (CAG), North Vancouver, Canada,
July 2010 (Subject: Open)
- Group Photography Exhibition, Caroun Art Gallery (CAG), North Vancouver, Canada,
September 2010 (Subject:
Open)
- Group Photography Exhibition, Kay Meek Centre, West Vancouver, Canada,
October 2010 (Subject:
Open)
Awards/Rewards
- First
Winner of Keyhan Newspaper Portrait Photography Competition, 1977
- “Certification”, Photographic Society of America, USA, 2003
- “Freelance Photographer Recognition”, International Freelance Photographers Organizations, USA, 2006
- “Maple Leaf” (MCAPA), Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA), Canada, 2007
- "PSA Gold Star" (MPSA), Photographic Society of America, USA, 2009 & 2010
- “Associateship” (ACAPA), Canadian Association for Photographic Art
(CAPA), Canada, 2010
Curator/Editor
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Editor-in-chief of the photography bulletin of "Caroun Photo
Club"
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Chair of "Tehran
Photo Competition-Exhibition, November 2006"
(CPC)
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Chair of "Tehran
Photo Exhibition, February 2007"
(CPC)
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Chair of "Tehran
Photo Competition August 2007"
(CPC), Published a color calendar of its photos
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Chair of "Sulaimanieh Photo Exhibition November 2007"
(CPC)
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Chair
of “re-exhibiting 2006 &
2007 CPC exhibitions at North Vancouver”, May
2008
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Chair of group photography exhibition, Coal Harbour
Community Centre, July 2008
- Chair
of “2009/10
Competition/Exhibition Vancouver”
(CPC), Nov 2010
- Designed and made artistic/cultural website:
www.Caroun.com
- CAPA
Trained Judge
- Caroun
Art Gallery
(CAG), North Vancouver, since January 2010
Judgment
- Juror or member of the jury to select photos for CPC exhibitions since 2005
- Juror or member of the jury to select photos for interclub and other photo
competitions since 2005
- Member of the jury, Langley Camera Club, Theme Photography
Competition, Nov 2010
- Member of the jury, Langley Camera Club, Open Photography Competition,
Nov 2010
- Member of the jury, North Shore Photographic Society, Digital Photography Competition,
Jan 2011
- Juror of the Lions Gate Camera Club Photo Contest, February 2011
Organizations
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University of Technology Association of Photographic Art, 1976-1980
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Owner & President of
www.Caroun.com
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Founder & President of Caroun Photo Club (CPC)
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Representative
of the Canadian
Association for Photographic Art (CAPA)
in Iran
(MCAPA)
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Member
of the Photographic
Society of America
(MPSA), USA
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Member
of
International Freelance
Photographers Organization
(IFPO), USA
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Press Photographer of Today's Photographer magazine, USA
Articles & Works:
- "Filters for B&W and Color
Photography", 1975
- A collection of the "Portraits
of Artists, Writers, Craftsmen..."
and in many other fields
- "Ceremony of Goddesses", 2005
- "Negative of Digital Camera (1)", "Camera"
Monthly Photographic Magazine, No. 43, October 2005, Tehran
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"Desert", "Creative
Photography" Quarterly Magazine, No. 4, Fall 2005, Tehran
- Some of my photos are published in Le Monde diplomatique, 2005
- "Qali-Shouyan" (Carpet-Washing), "Canadian
Camera", Official Publication of "The Canadian Association for
Photographic Art", Summer 2006, Canada
- "Scanography":
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"Creative Photography" Quarterly Magazine, No. 6, Spring 2006,
Tehran, Iran
- "Farhang Magazine", No. 160, June 10,
2009, Vancouver, Canada
- Photography articles: CPC bulletin
- "Pottery":
- "Camera"
Monthly Photographic Magazine, No. 68, November 2007, Iran (Farsi)
- "Canadian
Camera"
magazine (official publication of the Canadian Association for
Photographic Art), Winter 2008, Canada (English)
- "Farhang"
magazine, Vol. 7, No. 171, November 2009, Vancouver, Canada (Farsi)
- "History of Photography in Iran", Farhang
Magazine, March 2009, Vancouver: Page
1, Page
2 (Farsi)
- "Copper House" , Farhang
Magazine, April 2009, Vancouver
- Portrait of an Iranian writer published at "Süddeutsche Zeitung",
Germany, June 2009
- "Negative of Digital Camera (2)", "Farhang" Magazine, No.
163, July 2009, Vancouver, Canada
- "Coffee Shop Painting", two articles in two issues of
Farhang magazine, 2010
- "Abyaneh", Farhang BC magazine, 2011
These articles are published with some photos and are posted at the "Researches
& Articles"
section of this website too.
Work Experience
Portrait (Studio), Fashion, Commercial, Industrial, Advertising, Travel,
Architecture, Construction, Studio works, Nature, Concerts, Events… Photography
Photo Lab, Teaching, Salon, Curator
Teaching Photography
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Assistant of Photography (Prof. Hadi Shafaie), 1974-1978, Sharif University of Technology
- Photography Lab of Mechanical Dept., Sharif University of Technology,
1975-1978
- "Coal Harbour Community Centre", Vancouver, 2007-9
- "West Vancouver Community Centre", West Vancouver, 2008-9
- Private classes at North Vancouver,
BC, since 2007
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I don't remember why I was so interested in photography, when I was a child. I never said to the people, what I want; even my parents didn't know that I want to have a camera. At 7 (1962), I had a gift, a New Year gift, from my father's colleague and friend, who works in a bank and his hobby was hunting. It was a CAMERA! Strange! And I started photography.
I gathered my Allowance, and I bought a better camera, Diana brand, just for Rials 25 (36 cents); later some Russian Cameras Lubiltel,
Smena, Kiev, Zenith… and at last Pentax at 18; more Pentax, Canon
AE-1 and Canon… and Hasselblad, and Now Mamiya 645 Pro; I have started some digital photography with Fujifilm
S7000 and then Canon Rebel XT. At the last days of 2007, I upgrade my
digital camera to Nikon D300. This one has a very good quality, better
color and white balance.
I have a big collection of film cameras.
While I was a student at the university, I taught photography there and I had private mathematics classes, while I travel almost the whole parts of Iran, with my old-fashioned Volks Wagen, as well as other travels abroad, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India… taking black and white photos and
color slides. Later I have taken again color photos around Iran, Syria,
United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, The
Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Canada, USA and Mexico… And now, with a huge archive, I'm still taking photos almost in all fields.
Since 1999, I'm working on artistic-literal-cultural website,
www.Caroun.com.
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