TEHRAN A photo exhibition displaying works of 14 German photographers opened in Pars Art Gallery, in the city of Shiraz on Monday.
The month-long exhibition features 140 colored and BW shots in this beautiful city, often referred to as the capital of arts of Persia, by 14 famous photographers, some from the Eastern and the others from the western part of the recently reunited new German capital, Berlin.
According to an IRNA report, some of the photographs have recorded the extremely sensational moments of destroying the infamous Berlin Wall and the moments when the people of the two sides of it met their long time unseen relatives, while the others reflect this city's changing face from then up to now.
A German Embassy official who was present at the opening ceremony referring to President Khatami's successful initiative for the dialogue among civilizations during his inaugural address, said, "In order to have an effective presence in the course of the dialogue among civilizations we should first provide for better acquaintance of the nations with each other's past experiences through exchange of information." He also said, "Events such as this one can facilitate that objective and the dialogue among civilizations can be held at different levels, such as in interactions in artistic and scientific fields." The Iranian sponsor of the event, Managing Director of the Cultural Center for Studies on Fars Province Kourosh Kamali Sarvestani, too, referred to the exhibition of the German artists' works in Shiraz as a step taken toward further richness of the dialogue among civilizations.
He referred to the side activities of the exhibition as the gatherings and panel discussions which will be arranged for among the Iranian and German artists, and announced that similar artistic events are underway with countries that have rich civilizational backgrounds like France, Egypt, Greece, China and Italy.