Background
Peress, Gilles was born on December 29, 1946 in Nevilly-S-Seine, France. Came to the United States, 1975. Son of Albert and Thelma (Dirats) Peress.
("Telex: Iran" is an extraordinarily personal document of ...)
"Telex: Iran" is an extraordinarily personal document of a public event. The photographs Gilles Peress took over a five-week period during 1979-1980 focus on the seizure of the American embassy and a number of hostages in Teheran by student proxy groups of the new Iranian regime. However, the book forms neither a study nor an analysis of that singular event. Peress' photographs do not purport to tell the story - any story - but are the nearly seismographic record of the photojournalist's perceptions, encounters, and not least, his emotions as he moves through the city and the countryside of a nation...
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Peress, Gilles was born on December 29, 1946 in Nevilly-S-Seine, France. Came to the United States, 1975. Son of Albert and Thelma (Dirats) Peress.
Student, Institut b'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1966-1968; Student, Universite De Vincennes, Paris, 1968-1971.
Member, Magnum Photos Inc., New York City, Paris, London, 1975-1984; vice president, Magnum Photos Inc., New York City, Paris, London, 1984-1985; president, Magnum Photos Inc., New York City, Paris, London, 1986-1987, 89-90; represented by, Howard Greenberg Galley, New York City.
("Telex: Iran" is an extraordinarily personal document of ...)
Member American Society Magazine Photographers.