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End of Anxieties
Interview with Hamid Bahrami-Iranian Cartoonist
By Abbas Ghazi Zahedi
Hamid Bahrami is one of the
loveliest cartoonists I have ever known. Our entire forty five
minute interview passed by laughing and joking. You will never
become tired of speaking with him.
Bahrami was born on 27th March 1972 in Khoramshahr,
and is graduated in painting from faculty of art of Tehran
University.
He is one of the best Iranian cartoonists and animators,
and has experience of teaching in "Iran House of Cartoon".
He has won lots of prizes in different local and international
competitions that the most important one was second prize
of the 2nd Tehran International Cartoon Biennial and
special prize
of the Yumiuri Shimbon. He is currently producing an Animation
film.
Why did you choose cartoon?
Why not?
What was your first cartoon?
When I was in technical school I had drawn a cartoon by the subject
of football that has never been published, and it was very insipid!
Which cartoonist more impressed
your works?
It was not directly any special person but lots of
cartoonists impressed my works .
My artworks are collection of different visions
of various cartoonists, but if I want to emphasize a name I say
Quino
(Argentinean great cartoonist).
Don’t you like to draw his
caricature?
No, because I'm not caricaturist, so I don’t like to draw caricature
of people!
What's the similarity of your works
with joke?
They both have structures in common.
If you were not a cartoonist what
would you do?
I'd become what I'm now, like being a painter, animator and drawer
of comic strips.
If nobody likes your works what
would you do?
I'll become upset and try to draw in such a way to find suitor.
What was the best animation film
you have ever seen?
The long cinema film of "Ghosts City" by Mazurka and the short film
of "Father and Daughter" by Michael Dodeck.
How is your income and expenditure?
Oh, what a hard question to answer!
Which kind of lines do you like?
Sharp and long lines!
With what and whom your lines are
parallel?
Sharp and long lines, parallel with a long and lost road in horizon
that is parallel with me!
What would you do if lines don’t
move on your favorites?
I'll speak with them to move on my favorite!
What would you do if lines cross
you out?
I think it is happening now, I prefer to look at them more
carefully.
Have
you ever drawn something while driving?
Yes, mental drawing!
Is cartoon born from you or you are
born from cartoon?
It's like the story of egg and hen that which one was first?
Both selections are correct!
How
Hamid Bahrami reached to this place?
Where is this place? First of all I have to say that
here is not a special place and it could be much better!
But until here I reached by hard working!
Do you have any strange habit?
If I say yes, you'll ask what it is, so I prefer to say NO!
You wished to look like whom?
Like Ali Daei, but if I could have his Benz too!
In your opinion who is the best
foreign cartoonist?
Quino.
And the best Iranian cartoonist?
We have lots of Iranian good cartoonists,
especially
Afshin Sabouki,
Ali Jahanshahi and …
Who
is your best cartoonist friend?
Faez Alidousti.
What was the best cartoon you have
ever seen?
It was one of the works of
Quino.
Have you ever seen a cartoon in your dreams
that you have
drawn it later?
No!
What was your best cartoon?
It was a cartoon that showed a prison's wall with
the picture of a nurse who put her finger
in front of her lips for the sign of silence!
If
you draw a cartoon and you don’t like it yourself what would
you do?
I'll draw it again!
How do you find the idea of your
works?
I find them from everywhere specially TV!
Have you ever been punished for
your cartoons?
No, not except the time of high school!
Do you like more to be encouraged
or praised?
Both of them! 50-50!
If somebody becomes enemy
with you, would you draw his
caricature?
I don’t use caricature for the revenge;
I try to solve the problem just by talking.
Do you think what your most
important duty is?
To earn money for my family and give them affection!
Have you ever asked somebody to
draw your caricature?
Yes, many times!
When was the first and the last
time?
The first time was in art faculty that I asked my friend to draw my
caricature, and the last time was by Afshin Sabouki!
What's your opinion about "House of
Cartoon"?
It’s a very nice place that could be a great help for
me when I was an amateur!
Do you think a cartoonist should be
a risky person?
It's not an obligation; it depends on personality of the cartoonist!
Which part of life is like cartoon?
That part that relates to the cooperation between people and the
society and what happens between them.
Where is the zero point of a
cartoonist?
Not working!
How can become Hamid Bahrami?
I prefer and really advise you not to become Hamid Bahrami.
What's
your opinion about using an eraser?
I think you must be so clear and certain in your work
that you don’t need any eraser!
What would you do if your pen
doesn't obey you?
It has to obey me because I'll control it; it will go wrong
whenever I want!
What would you do if your cartoon
starts to move?
I'll follow it to see where it goes!
Do you think which one of your
cartoons is similar to you?
The cartoon of Bathman and the southern woman…
Have you ever had a bad quarrel
with anybody?
Not seriously, perhaps it was at school days!
Have you ever been disappointed of
yourself?
Yes!
What
about your works?
No!
What's
your hobby?
Drawing and seeing films.
Describe Hamid Bahrami in one
sentence?
So-so!
Why don’t you participate in
international cartoon
competitions?
I've participated many times,
but by seeing the result of the competitions
I decided not to participate in foreign competitions any more!
I heard you want to go to a trip?
Why? Where? And when?
Its better not to say why! I want to go to USA this year!
We will miss you, don’t you miss
IRAN?
I'll not stay long, I'll come back soon!
What do you like be the subject of
your last work?
End of anxieties…
How much did it take you to become
famous?
Many many years, because I was not so lucky to
become famous by an accident or a magic.
Third Prize
of the 8th
Tehran Cartoon
International Biennial
: 1000$, Trophy and Honorable Mention
for more information:
http://www.hameedbahrami.com/
info@hameedbahrami.com
bahrami_h@hotmail.com
bahramihster@gmail.com
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