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Iranian Photography Now
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Introduction: Rose Issa
Foreword: Homi Bhabha, Martin Barnes
Edited by: Rose Issa
English
September 2008
,
236
Pages, 0 Ills.
hardcover
245mm x
308mm
ISBN:
978-3-7757-2257-5
"This dynamic survey of contemporary photography shows myriad talents ..." Martin Barnes
This publication is a photographic sensation: the visual dynamics of Iranian photography in all its fascinating beauty and heroic resistance is unveiled for the first time, revealing a rich new aesthetics from inside Iran as well as from the Iranian diaspora. We see innovative responses by photographers living in a country under political restrictions, as well as an important body of work from Iranians who have been living in exile for the last thirty years creating works of great political and cultural relevance. The aesthetic response to political terror is provoking, pioneering, and artistically sophisticated, documenting the willingness of a generation of artists to protect freedom with the weapons of their imagination. This book offers a surprisingly broad spectrum of artistic expression that outshines the Western mainstream. Among the most renowned photographer-artists are Abbas, Reza Aramesh, Shirin Neshat, Parastou Forouhar, Abbas Kiarostami, Kaveh Golestan, Amirali Ghasemi, and Shadi Ghadirian. Their visual imagery constitutes an exciting and instructive journey for the reader, who may have never had access to these histories before. Each of the thirty-six contributing photographers was asked to supply a statement on his or her life and experience as an artist. It is high time to give a voice and a platform to photographers from Iran.In cooperation with the Prince Claus Fund Library, The Netherlands
»This is a representative cross-section. The pictures dedicated to the victims of war and the pillars of political tyranny find a thought-provoking and topical antithesis in a culturally and artistically multi-faceted picture of an Iran viewed both from within and from distance.«
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