Kaveh’s blog (still testing!)

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Hooman Majd is a childhood friend of mine. His book on Iran, The Ayatollah Begs to Differ, has just been published. I have not seen it, but knowing Hooman and seeing previous writings, I think this will be a great read for those wanting a better understanding of the complexities in Iranian culture. He is already gaining fame in radio and TV interviews. My prediction is that he will be one of the de facto commentators on iran. He has been aptly described as 100% Iranian and 100% American.

Update: Here is Hooman’s interview on the Jon Stewart Show. (Wow, can’t believe it’s my friend on this show!!)

The building work for the our new offices are going well. We are due to move in 1st quarter of 2009, and I cannot wait! The project has been designed and is managed by our good friends, Inspiration.

After the one day holography conference yesterday, I and others have a feeling holography is bouncing back. I can’t put a finger it, but there is definite interest from museum and gallery folk, and there is an air of confidence amongst holographers. I have not seen this in the last 20 years. Let’s hope it continues. We might have some exciting times ahead…

You can catch my recordings of the talks here

I have been waiting for years to see the holograms of Yves Gentet. He gave a talk this morning at the conference in Leicester and showed several of his holograms. I was absolutely amazed. He has set the standard for colour holography. Just take look at these holograms.

The “saint” hologram is actually digitally produced using a printer that Yves himself has developed.