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.
Hossein Farmani
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In 1984, he started VUE magazine, which was distributed worldwide. 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. Focus on AIDS is a 100% volunteer group. Farmani started the Foto-Folio Magazine, a photography magazine. In 2003, The Lucie was established by Farmani, and a Farmani Gallery in both Los Angeles and New York City were established. Farmani also co-founded the Palm Springs Photo Festival, and Month of Photography LA. In 2015, Farmani founded the Lucie Technical Awards, to honor the people responsible for photographic technology.
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- 1.Emaho Magazine. Hossein Farmani: "Many French organisations think that they own photography.
- 2.Art for New York Auction. Iphotocentral.com.
- 3.The MIFA 2014 photography competition. Artetic.net.
- 4.Lucie photo awards presented in New York. China Daily.
- 5.New Dumbo Gallery: Farmani Gallery. Dumbo NYC.
- 6.The Eye of Photography. Jeff Dunas talks about the Palm Springs Photo Festival.
- 7.Westside Today. Westside Art Scene Is Alive With Events.
- 8.Lucie Technical Awards Highlight the Great Gear Behind the Great Photos. Photo District News.
- 9.Lapin, Mark. Everybody Loves Lucie. TakeGreatPictures.com.
- 10.Inaugural Lucie Technical Awards to Honor 2015 Imaging Innovations. Digital Imaging Reporter.
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