Sekhavat Amani

First Name : Sekhavat
Last Name : Amani
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Sekhavat was born in “Meshkin Shahr”? in 1949. His parents moved to Rasht City when he was two years old. He finished his primary and high school in Rasht City. He further did military services and was employed by Ministry of Islamic Guidance. He started photography enthusiastically since 1965. He traveled to surrounding of cities and villages in order to take photos of virgin and wonderful nature and record presence of good and kind people of Gilan. He held his first photo exhibition under the title of “Nature and People”? in 1979. During victory of Islamic Revolution and forming it under the leadership of Imam Khomeini and clergymen, he attended at demonstrations and took photos of glorious moments of Islamic revolution. These photos were shown in three exhibitions under the titles of “Islamic Revolution in Gilan”?, “Continuation of Islamic Revolution”? and “Gilan, in Step with Islamic Revolution”?. These exhibitions were welcomed by people. He photographed of enthusiastic presence of different forces (Sepah (The Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution), Basij, military forces and Islam Combatants) in battle fields of truth against untruth. These photos were shown in exhibitions under the titles of “Sacred Defense”?, “Woman in Mirror of Basij”?, “Basij, School of Love”? and “Gilan during 8 Years of Sacred Defense”?. As for other exhibitions of Sekhavat Amani, we can refer to the exhibition “Picture of the Sunshine”? which included 90 unforgettable photos of presence of the Supreme Leader in Gilan, velayat and Islamic Revolution and unforgettable photos of Islamic Revolution moments. This exhibition was held on the occasion of 25th anniversary of victory of Islamic Revolution in Khatam-ol- anbia Cultural- Art complex of Rasht City on January 31st to February 10th, 2002.