TEHRAN -- Veteran photographer Kamran Adl will put a selection of his photos on sale in an exhibition at Tehran’s Shirin Gallery opening on Friday.

The exhibit will offer 20 photos for sale with each one limited to 20 copies. Each photo comes in four different sizes with the price of 75,000 rials (about $75), 90,000 (about $90), 110,000 rials (about $110) and 140,000 (about $140).
The photos will be on show for the first time and were taken in 2005 and the years afterwards, and narrate unique haunting moments captured by Adl like “Little Ali’s Bicycle”, “Geranium” and “Silhouette”.
“I regard these photos as my best collection and think everyone who ventures into Shirin Gallery will see a lively and energetic exhibition,” Adl has claimed.
About the low price of his photos Adl explained, “The world recession has forced photographers in France to reduce the photo prices and sell them in high numbers of circulation. The average photo price has decreased over the past years and even in the Netherlands, there is currently an exhibit of photos on sale,” he remarked.
In contrast, Adl’s photos sold at eight to ten times the current asking price in his previous exhibit at Niavaran Cultural Center last month.
“Visitors from different levels of society can purchase photos they like and hang them on the walls in their home or office. Variety in size and limited circulation also provides people a chance to purchase an original at a lower price. As an artist, I will also enjoy seeing my photos on the walls in more homes,” Adl explained.
The exhibit will run through February 24 at the gallery located at No. 145 North Salimi St., off Andarzgu Blvd. in the Farmanieh neighborhood.
Kamran Adl was born in 1941 in Tehran. He has been a member of the jury of the Aqa Khan Academy Award (AKAA) for photography since being appointed in Geneva in 1979.
Adl studied in Iran and France and graduated from the Institute of Photography in Paris.
In 1968, he returned to Iran on the invitation of the newly established Iranian National Television Organization and worked as the director of its photography department for six years.
He also began teaching as a professor of photography at the Superior School of Television. In 1974, he left his television job and began working as an independent photographer.
Publishing over 10 pictorial books on Iran and other countries, photography of Iran’s nomadic lives and different religious ceremonies are among his credits.
He has held several exhibitions of his work in Iran and other countries.