The artists featured in My Iran: Six Women Photographers explore the complexities of life within and outside their home country. From the dynamism of the street to the quiet corners of distant memories, the works highlight various ways in which artists use photography to respond to personal and political realities. Newsha Tavakolian and Malekeh Nayiny revisit the concept of the family photo album to reveal deeply moving individual stories. Hengameh Golestan’s shots of women protesting in the streets of Tehran following the 1979 Revolution capture the spirit and force of a social and political movement that still resonates today. Shadi Ghadirian and Gohar Dashti offer wry commentaries on post-revolutionary society, while Mitra Tabrizian composes evocative studies of displaced Iranians in London.
My Iran: Six Women Photographers
Past Fellows Event
When
December 3, 2019 – February 9, 2020
What
Exhibition
Where
The Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery
1050 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC
1050 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC
Cost
free
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My Iran: Six Women Photographers
My Iran: Six Women Photographers
Discipline:
Visual Art – photography
Discipline:
Visual Art – photography
Region: IRAN
MacDowell Fellowships: 2017, 2021
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