Interviewer: Why Ethnography Iran

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Interviewer: why "the reconstructed Iran"?
Mohammad Reza Atai: Because I thought, we must reconstruct our country. The idea originally mentioned by my friend, Jalal Behbodi
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Interviewer: Was there such a mood before the revolution?
Mohammad Reza Atai: The real cause of revolution is that people loved to be themselves and their country built by themselves.

Interviewer: how many photographers had we in Mashhad those years?
Mohammad Reza Atai: There were many people. Portrait photographers were more. They took photo of holly shrine mostly but the only person took photo of nature and put over his showcase was Mr. saneh. Mr. khoshro, the photographer of Universal sometimes took photo of nature and put over his showcase instead of wedding photos.

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