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Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh

Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh (Persian: آناهیتا قباییان (اتحادیه); born 1962) is an Iranian gallery owner and curator.

Life and work

Etehadieh was born in Tehran. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a PhD in History from Paris Diderot University.

In 2001, Etehadieh founded the Silk Road Gallery, dedicated to promoting contemporary Iranian photography and art. In 2009, she was appointed as the artistic director of the 2nd Photoquai Biennial at Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. In 2015 to 2016 she was co-curator of Shadi Ghadirian's retrospective at the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon (with Sylvie Aznavourian). She curated Newsha Tavakolian's exhibition at the Fondation Carmignac (Carmignac Photojournalism Award) in 2015.

Publications

  • Ghabaian, Anahita; Saberi, Minou; 12 photographic journeys: Iran in the 21st century. London: I.B. Tauris (2005). .
  • Persian translation of Conversations With Fellini (by Costanzo Costantini); Farzan-rouz publications (2007-2008). .
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); La Photographie iranienne: Un regard sur la création contemporaine en Iran (2012). .
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Shadi Ghadirian: Rétrospective, Somogy Editions d'Art (2015). .
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Iran, année 38: La photographie contemporaine iranienne depuis la révolution de 1979 (2017). .
  • Ghabaian, Anahita (co-editor); Espace vital, femmes photographes iraniennes (2023). .

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