Iranian photographer Akbar Mehrinezhad has a unique talent for capturing the playful and quirky side of Tehran’s stray cats using nothing more than his iPhone. Roaming the streets of Tehran, Mehrinezhad focuses on close-up portraits
Images show Iranian women pictured before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
If you're curious about seeing the unseen and discovering some of the smallest beings on our planet, you're in the right place. While sharing some of the most impressive macro shots by photographers from around the world in our recent post, we came across the work of Iranian photographer Zohre Janati, who specializes in capturing mesmerizing pictures of insects.
In a journey through the body as material using analogue photographic techniques, the artist presents a monochrome exploration of performance, shadows, and the grotesque.
Iranian photographer Akbar Mehrinezhad has a unique talent for capturing the playful and quirky side of Tehran’s stray cats using nothing more than his iPhone. Roaming the streets of Tehran, Mehrinezhad focuses on close-up portraits
SIENA, Italy – "The Lake" by Iranian photographer Masoud Mirzaei is the overall winner of the 2021 Creative Photo Awards, the international contest of creative and artistic photography of Siena Awards, an international visual arts festival. The photo was shot at Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan. It was selected among tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 137 countries. The Creative Photo Awards competition includes 17 categories for contemporary photographers, whose innovative approaches to photography challenge the viewer's expectations and offer surprise and delight at every turn. The winning images for each category will be showcased at the exhibition "I Wonder If You Can" during the Siena Awards Festival, from October 23rd to December 5th.
Ehsan Hazaveh, who is based in New Zealand, aims to capture a refugee’s future rather than looking at the past
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The photographs of Kaveh Kazemi featuring the Iranian revolution and its aftermath show two sides to the story. They are images that didn’t make the cut into official Iranian history books. When State media is the only media, fake news is the only news. So there’s no sign in official despatches of the photo (above) … Continue reading "An Iranian Photographer’s Uncensored Look at The Islamic Revolution"
Ehsan Hazaveh, who is based in New Zealand, aims to capture a refugee’s future rather than looking at the past
Dutch photographer Marinka Masséus went to Iran to create a photo project about 'My Stealthy Freedom', the movement that empowers Iranian women to fight for more freedom. Many Iranian women hate compulsory hijab, they see it as a symbol of oppression, forced upon them not by choice or personal beliefs but by an oppressive government. For them, it has become to represent the inequality and discrimination Iranian women face because of their gender.
The Iranian architecture firm Babak Abnar has recently completed Raad Villa, a single-family home located in Bumehen city, Tehran Province, Iran. Architect’s Statement: Unlike the traditional architecture that is deeply inspired by spirituality, this villa is designed with the aim of perceivi...
Iranian Photographer Jalal Sepehr's arresting images artfully translate a complex hardship of the Middle East into a relatable visual metaphor.
The first game of the Iran Pro League football season kicked off recently, with two middle-ranking teams playing out a seemingly unremarkable match at the Vatani Stadium in Qaem Shahr, a small provincial city in Northern Iran. Who cares right? Well, it turns out that something remarkable did happen at this match. It was reportedly the first top-flight men's match in Iran to be covered by a female photographer.
Shila Khodadad (in Persian ) (born on November 5, 1980) is an Iranian actress. She has played in some films such as Marriage, Iranian Style, Saint Petersburg (film) and in a famous Iranian TV series, 'Mosaferi az Hend' (A Traveler from India). A traveler from India (2003) SMS from anothe
In 1976, Iran Air organized a Persian vacation for none other than Elizabeth Taylor. The trip was shot by Iranian-American photographer Firooz Zahedi—friend to Taylor and cousin of her then-boyfriend Ardeshir Zahedi, the Iranian Ambassador to the US. This was three years before the (US-facilitated) Iranian Revolution and the installment of a theocratic constitution, so these photos were taken during the ultra-cosmopolitan years of pre-revolutionary Iranian chicness. Nonetheless, Taylor looks gorgeous in both modern and ancient settings, including Persepolis, Shiraz and Isfahan There are references to more conservative Iranian religious traditions in the shoot. In a scene outside of a Mosque, you can see Liz in a chador, which would have been expected of a woman going to worship, but was at the time generally eschewed as daily wear (outside of small villages) in favor of “Western” clothing. On the opposite end of the spectrum we see Taylor above, costumed in tribal garments, posed as an Odalisque (female slave or concubine), at the Tehran Hilton Hotel. Now of course, there would be backlash against the cultural appropriation of such a photo, but you can’t deny the captivating beauty of the shoot’s staging, or of Taylor herself. ...
Actress Golshifteh Farahani is well on her way to global fame as a Hollywood star. But her work has forced her into exile from her home country of Iran, where she believes she will never live again.
Having grown up amidst conflict, Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti draws from memory when creating her work. Her series ‘Home’, portrays the effect of war on...
Flying Down is a creation by the artist Farzaneh Radmehr. Category art work. Canon 550 D. 6 distinctions, 52K views, 89 appreciations, 4 comments, 10 favourites, 2 group projects.
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SIENA, Italy – "The Lake" by Iranian photographer Masoud Mirzaei is the overall winner of the 2021 Creative Photo Awards, the international contest of creative and artistic photography of Siena Awards, an international visual arts festival. The photo was shot at Lake Urmia, the largest lake in the Middle East and the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth, located between the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan. It was selected among tens of thousands of images submitted by photographers from 137 countries. The Creative Photo Awards competition includes 17 categories for contemporary photographers, whose innovative approaches to photography challenge the viewer's expectations and offer surprise and delight at every turn. The winning images for each category will be showcased at the exhibition "I Wonder If You Can" during the Siena Awards Festival, from October 23rd to December 5th.
