Hengameh Golestan

Hengameh Golestan (Persian: هنگامه گلستان; born Hengameh Jalali (هنگامه جلالی), 1952) is an Iranian photographer. She is considered a pioneer among Iranian women photographers.

Hengameh Golestan
هنگامه گلستان
Born
Hengameh Jalali

1952
Imperial State of Iran
NationalityIranian
Known forPhotography
SpouseKaveh Golestan
ChildrenMehrak

In March 1979, when in the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution women in Iran began protesting the new government's rule ordering them to wear hijabs, she photographed the gatherings in the capital, in the process becoming one of few documentary photographers active in the country.

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