Hossein Farmani Explained

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.

Career

In 1984, he started VUE magazine, which was distributed worldwide.^[1]

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.^[2]

Farmani started the Foto-Folio Magazine, a photography magazine.^[3]

In 2003, The Lucie was established by Farmani,^[4] and a Farmani Gallery in both Los Angeles and New York City were established.^[5]

Farmani also co-founded the Palm Springs Photo Festival,^[6] and Month of Photography LA.^[7]

In 2015, Farmani founded the Lucie Technical Awards, to honor the people responsible for photographic technology.^{[8] [9] [10]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hossein Farmani: "Many French organisations think that they own photography. Emaho Magazine. 21 March 2016.
2. Web site: Art for New York Auction. Iphotocentral.com. 21 March 2016.
3. Web site: The MIFA 2014 photography competition. Artetic.net. 21 March 2016.
4. Web site: Lucie photo awards presented in New York. China Daily. 12 April 2016.
5. Web site: New Dumbo Gallery: Farmani Gallery. Dumbo NYC. 12 April 2016. en-US.
6. Web site: Jeff Dunas talks about the Palm Springs Photo Festival. The Eye of Photography. 21 March 2016.
7. Web site: Westside Art Scene Is Alive With Events. Westside Today. 21 March 2016.
8. Web site: Lucie Technical Awards Highlight the Great Gear Behind the Great Photos. Photo District News. 12 April 2016. en-US.
9. Web site: Lapin. Mark. Everybody Loves Lucie. TakeGreatPictures.com. 21 March 2016.
10. Web site: Inaugural Lucie Technical Awards to Honor 2015 Imaging Innovations. Digital Imaging Reporter. 12 April 2016. en-US.