Hossein Farmani

Hossein Farmani is a creative director, gallerist, exhibition curator, philanthropist and founder and president of the Lucie Awards in New York City, Focus on AIDS Foundation and Farmani Gallery.

Career

In 1984, he started VUE magazine, which was distributed worldwide.[1]

Farmani brought together Susan Baraz, Candace Falk, Robert Berman, Ron Bakal and Laura Hinds to start the Focus on AIDS Foundation to help create awareness and raise money to fund research and care.[1] Focus on AIDS is a 100% volunteer group.[2]

Farmani started the Foto-Folio Magazine, a photography magazine.[3]

In 2003, The Lucie was established by Farmani,[4] and a Farmani Gallery in both Los Angeles and New York City were established.[5]

Farmani also co-founded the Palm Springs Photo Festival,[6] and Month of Photography LA.[7]

In 2015, Farmani founded the Lucie Technical Awards, to honor the people responsible for photographic technology.[8][9][10]

References
  1. "Hossein Farmani: "Many French organisations think that they own photography". Emaho Magazine. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  2. "Art for New York Auction". Iphotocentral.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  3. "The MIFA 2014 photography competition". Artetic.net. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. "Lucie photo awards presented in New York". China Daily. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. "New Dumbo Gallery: Farmani Gallery". Dumbo NYC. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. "Jeff Dunas talks about the Palm Springs Photo Festival". The Eye of Photography. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  7. "Westside Art Scene Is Alive With Events". Westside Today. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  8. "Lucie Technical Awards Highlight the Great Gear Behind the Great Photos". Photo District News. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. Lapin, Mark. "Everybody Loves Lucie". TakeGreatPictures.com. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  10. "Inaugural Lucie Technical Awards to Honor 2015 Imaging Innovations". Digital Imaging Reporter. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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