Kāveh Golestān Taghavi Shirazi (1950- 2003), was an Iranian photojournalist and artist.
Kaveh was the son of the Iranian filmmaker and writer Ebrahim Golestan and the brother of Lili Golestan, translator and the owner-artistic director of the Golestan Gallery in Tehran, Iran. Golestan was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England.
Between 1975 and 1977, he realizes a photo series on prostitution in Iran. A subject already tabooHe realizes a photo series on prostitution in Iran. A subject already taboo. In 1988, working as a freelance photographer, he took the first pictures of the aftermath of the Halabja poison gas attack during the Iran-Iraq War. He was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for his work covering the 1979 Revolution for TIME. On 2 April 2003 Golestān was killed, aged 53, as a result of stepping on a land mine while working for the BBC in Kifri, Iraq. He is buried in a cemetery in the east of Tehran.
Between 1975 and 1977, he realizes a photo series on prostitution in Iran. A subject already tabooHe realizes a photo series on prostitution in Iran. A subject already taboo.
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