Saba Cultural and Artistic Institute
Palestine Contemporary Arts Museum
Bonyad-e Shahid va Omur-e Isargaran Organization

Contributors
Visual Arts Center of the Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry
Tehran Contemporary Arts MuseumAims of the biennial
- To identify and provide the characteristics of Islamic atmospheres;
- To promote the basis of communications and the exchange of artistic experiences
between the artists of the Islamic World;
- To take notice of the artistic experiences of young photographers in Islamic
communities;
- To examine cultural and spiritual identity in Islamic societies;
- To introduce contemporary photographers active across the Islamic World.Subject of the exhibition
The Muslim Family (in Islamic and non-Islamic countries). Works submitted to the
biennial should be related to the Muslim family and deal with the following issues:
- Living environment (architecture, rhythm…);
- Daily life (leisure time, education, work, travel, immigration…);
- Religion and traditions (ceremonies, poles of attraction…);
- Resistance (dedication, martyrdom…);
- Social issues and familial culture (interaction between tradition and modernity,
impact of mass media, influence of worldwide ideas…);
- Natural and man-made disasters (impact of floods, earthquakes, etc.)

Sections
1- Collection Photographs
2- Single Photographs

Calendar of the biennial
- Works submission deadline: December 22nd, 2007
- Selection of works and judgment: December 31st, 2007
- Opening of the exhibition: May 5th, 2008
- Closure ceremony: June 11th, 2008

Secretary of the biennial
Seyyed Abbas Mir-Hashemi

Advisor
Dariush Askari

Selection board
Bahman Jalali (Iran)
Farhad Soleimani (Iran)
Saeid Sadeqi (Iran)
Sa’ed Nikzat (Iran)
Farzad Hashemi (Iran)

Jury
It consists of four members of the selection jury and three non-Iranian artists.

Prizes
1- A statuette and a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts and 2000 euros
(€) for 3 artists of distinguished works in the section of Collection Photographs.
2- A plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts, a statuette of the Saba
Cultural and Artistic Institute and 1000 euros (€) for 3 artists of selected works
in the Collection Photographs section;
3- A statuette and a plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts and 1500 euros
(€) for 3 artists of distinguished works in the single photograph section;
4- A plaque of honor of the Iranian Academy of Arts, a statuette of the Saba
Cultural and Artistic Institute and 500 euros (€) for 5 artists of selected works in
the Single Photograph section.

Conditions of participation
1- All photographers are free to participate in this biennial;
2- Each photographer may submit a maximum of 7 single photographs and one collection
(of 7 photographs at most) to the secretariat of the biennial;
3- Photographs may be submitted either in color or B/W;
4- Each photograph should be accompanied by a digital copy on CD (.TIF format; 300
DPI resolution; minimal width: 20 cm) and an A4-size hard copy;
5- Since the photographs will be judged by their prints, the entrants should take
due care as concerns their quality and correspondence to the originals;
6- The prints will bear, on the back, at the lower right corner, a label containing
their specifications;
7- Collection photographs should be numbered in the desired order;
8- The photographs submitted should be authentically documentary and entirely
unaltered;
9- The photographs should have been shot in 2001 or later;
10- Photographs unaccompanied by a participation form, lacking proper labeling or
reaching the secretariat after the deadline will not be submitted to the selection
board;
11- As the information appearing in their participation forms and labels will be
used in the preparation of publications and exhibition materials, the entrants will
be responsible for their accuracy;
12- The secretariat of the biennial assumes the entrants of the photographs to be
their owners; however, in cases where this is proved to be incorrect, all
distinctions gained will be annulled, the works concerned will be discarded from the
exhibition and its related publications, and their entrants will be liable for all
ensuing legal consequences;
1- The celebrator will be entitled, while preserving the photographers’ material and
intellectual rights, to utilize selected works for exhibition, publication,
information and publicity purposes;
2- All the CDs and prints submitted will be kept at their entrants’ disposition at
the executive secretariat of the biennial for two months after the exhibition, and
be destroyed past this date;
3- A submission of works implies the acceptation of the rules and any decision
concerning unforeseen issues and the interpretation of the rules belongs to the
secretariat of the biennial;
4- Accepted works will be published in a sumptuous book, a copy of which will be
presented, together with a participation certificate, to their owners.

Address :

Saba Cultural & Artistic Institute
No 53, Mozafar St, Taleghani Ave,
Felestin Square, Tehran, Iran
Tel: 0098 21 66487534
Fax: 0098 21 66487534
artacademy@honar.ac.ir
photo@caiw.ir
Web Site: www.caiw.ir