KVON Photography

KVON Photography

Kvonphotography.com

Est. 1985

General Information

Keyvan Behpour

KVON Photography

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Bridgeport, CT 06607

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Studio: 203-***-****

Mobile: 203-***-****

Personal Profile

Keyvan Behpour (Kvon) is an Iranian-American advertising photographer. He came to the US in 1977 and has since traveled back to Iran on three extended photography expeditions, one of which was to accompany aid organizations assisting the Bam earthquake victims.

Education

Apprenticeship (begun at age 10) with his father, Iraj Behpour, (Founder, Manpower Mobilization Division, Iran Petrochemical Oil Company) an award-winning photographer and founder of the Abadan Photographic Institute.

BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Bridgeport, 1981

Assisted leading East Coast Commercial photographers: Such as Sean Kernan, Brownie Harris, Ted Horowitz, Tom Young

Completed a course in Advanced Digital Photography at the Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico June/July 2004.

Experience

Kvon specializes in photographing people for corporate communications, fashion, editorial and other commercial purposes, on location and in his studios in New York and Connecticut. Kvon's fine art photography has been featured in publications in his native Iran, and is on display in the permanent art collection titled EL Espiritu de la Tierra, US Embassy chancellery building, La Paz, Bolivia. His work has recently received meritorious recognition from The Beckett Paper Company and Fairfield County Women in Communications.

Kvon's stock photography is available through Getty Images, or at www.gettyimages.com

Photography Expeditions to Iran:

1978 – Caspian Coast, Tabriz, Rezaeeyeh, Tehran, Ski resorts, beach resorts, Massouleh

1995 – Isfahan, Tehran, Bam, Kerman, Kashan, Abbyaneh

2004 – Documented Bam Earthquake

2005 – Hamadan, Tehran, Shiraz, Isfahan

Photography Exhibits:

Permanent Exhibit at US Embassy chancellery building, La Paz, Bolivia

1995 - Iran Revisited – National Press Club, Washington, DC

2004 – Bam, the Aftermath – A touring exhibit & narrated slide presentation to raise funds/awareness for Bam earthquake victims. Kvon spoke at most of the following venues, where the exhibit was on display (all funds were donated to Mercy Corps):

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Yale Medical School Library in New Haven, CT

Interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Feb 14th & 15th, 2004 on All Things Considered. (check NPR's site for archives: HYPERLINK "http://www.npr.org/"www.npr.org)

Gala Event honoring volunteers who went to Bam from Washington, DC area, MC - Rudi Bakhtiar of CNN

The recognition Ceremony for Fairfax County Urban Search & Rescue Teams and USAID/DART Teams, Fairfax County Government, VA

Full exhibit at the annual fundraising bazaar for The Child Foundation in Los Angeles

San Francisco Fundraising Event, sponsored by Persian Center

NOELLE Fundraising event in Stamford, CT

Chicago City Council Fundraising Gala in Chicago, ILL – Entire Bam Exhibit was donated to the city in honor of councilmember Mr. Bambouyani’s family, lost in the earthquake.

Awards:

"Print" Magazine's regional design annual award for excellence

Award of Merit from "Women In Communication"

Award for excellence from "The Beckett Paper Company"

Teaching/Public Speaking Experience:

Private Photography Lessons – ongoing

Public Speaking: Bam Exhibit/Presentation Series: Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle and at Yale University in New Haven, CT

Professional & Trade Organizations:

Member: ASMP, APA, Milford, CT Chamber of Commerce, Kodak Professional Services, Canon Imaging

Recent commercial clients include:

Record Companies

Virgin Atlantic Records

Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

Triloka Records

Celestial Harmonies Records

Decca Records

Schanachie Entertainment

Hospitals

Yale New Haven Hospital,

New Haven, CT

Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT

Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT

Greenwich EMS, Greenwich, CT

Advertising and Design Agencies

Ryan Partnership, Westport, CT

Cronin and Company, Glastonbury, CT

KGA Advertising, Middletown, CT

Mason and Madison Advertising, Bethany, CT

IF Computer Media, Rockville, MD

The Q Design Group Ltd., Wilton, CT

Metropolis, Milford, CT

Mintz and Hoke, Inc., Avon, CT

O'Neal and Prelle Advertising, Hartford, CT

OneMind, Bridgeport, CT

Peter Nuhn Graphic Design,

Branford, CT

Frank Lionetti Design, Greenwich, CT

MGR, Wilton, CT

Northcastle Partners, Stamford, CT

Corporate and Editorial

AT&T

Avon

Amstel Beer

IBM

BASF AG

Hood Inc.

Integra Bank

Information Week Magazine

Rolm Communications

BICC Cables

Matrix Essentials

Center Bank

Shawmut Bank

Reed Exhibition Company

Gartner Group

Golf World

Tennis Magazine

Connecticut Magazine

The Long Island Sound Task Force

Heineken

Norelco

Connecticut Economic Resource Center

Connecticut Board of Tourism

Loctite Corporation

TCI Cable

OLIN Corporation

Outdoor Life Magazine

General Re Insurance

ENTEX Corporation

American Scandia

SAS Cargo

Starter Sportswear

Phoenix Press

Miller Brewing Company

Tambrands

Lever Brothers (DOVE)

Snuggle Fabric Softener

Cannondale Bicycles

Pedigree Dog Food

Moretti Beer

LU Biscuits

SOHO Liquors

CONAIR Corporation

Futuro

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