Despite censorship, house arrest and exile, directors such as Jafa Panahi and the late Abbas Kiarostami have kept Iran at the forefront of the film world.
Roland Barthes says, "Photographs are subversive, not because some of them are scary and discolored, or even because some of them condemn anything, but because they are 'thought-provoking.'" ”
A photograph must be narrative; it has the power to make people think deeply. Photographs transmit the inner cold to the viewer and heat up their surroundings. It prompts the viewer's mind to be tempered and stories to be created.
Photographs are everywhere and generate knowledge, it travels through time and captures time. Knowledge can be the result of observation.
This piece seeks to present the photographic work of the outstanding contemporary filmmakers. The photographs tell mysterious stories and unfold the world through a window of imagination.
Photography by Abbas Chiarostami
- Abbas Chiarostami -
In 1987, the naïve children's film "Where Is My Friend's Home" made him recognized by the Western world for the first time, winning back the grand prize at the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. In 1991, his work "Life Goes On" became Abbas's first work to be present at the New York Film Festival, winning the Rossellini Humanitarian Spirit Award and the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1997, the philosophical film "The Taste of Cherries", which pondered the question of life and death, earned Abbas greater fame, winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Abbas became the first Director in Iran to receive the award. In 1999 he released "Let the Wind Go", which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.
- Jafa Panahi -
His first film, White Balloon, in 1995, depicts a little girl and her brother asking passers-by to help them retrieve banknotes that have fallen under a ditch, which won him the Golden Camera Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Gold Medal at the Tokyo Film Festival. In 1997, Jafa's second work, Who Can Take Me Home, about a little girl who couldn't wait for her mother after school and decided to find her way home on her own, won him the Golden Panther Award at the Lucano Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Photography by Jafar Panahi
Jafa's third work, "The Circle of Life", depicts the discrimination and oppression of women in Iranian society, and is filmed in a special round dance form, both in terms of technique and content, which makes Jafa enter the competition unit of the Venice Film Festival for the first time, and rarely wins the Golden Lion Award and the Jabsi Film Critics Award. Jafa's concern for women and social issues has led him out of a style that is very different from the naïve and popular lines of other Iranian directors.
In 2003, Jafa's Crimson Gold won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. 2006's "Offside" also focused on Iranian women, once again winning international attention.
- Nasr Thafa -
Entering the film industry as a novelist, Nasr Tafa's debut novel, Tranquility in the Presence of Others, caught the attention of the Iranian film industry after its release in 1970. In the film, he casts a fervent view of ethnology and the peculiar atmosphere of southern Iran. In 1999, his film The Story of Kish was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Nasser Taghvai, Sandstorm 01
Nasser Taghvai, Sandstorm 02
Nasser Taghvai，《Koohrang》
- Sefra Samandian -
Sefra Samandian is an active director and cinematographer in the Iranian film industry today, with representative works such as "76 minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami", "25 hours in Tehran", "I love Tehran" and so on.
Seifollah Samadian Photography, Portrait of a Friend
Photography by Seifollah Samadian, "The Fisheries Association's Lunchtime"
- Kamrand Stahl -
Camrand Stahl studied architecture, urban planning and film directing in Rome, and his works are mostly documentary documentaries, such as The Bible: Genesis (1966) and Rainy Nights (1967). He founded the Kish International Documentary Festival.
Kamran Shirdel photography
- Maggie Bazegor -
Maggie Bazegor's most iconic film is Paridan az Ertefa Kam (Jump Up and Down), which won the Febisi Prize at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.
Majid Barzegar Photography, Winter
Majid Barzegar Photography, The Old Man
Majid Barzegar, "The Bird"
Majid Barzegar Photography, Sky
- Other Producer Works -
Photography by Ebrahim Golestan
Hamid Jebeli Photography, Untitled
Mahmoud Kalari Photography, Untitled
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Curated by Diane | Editors: Diane, Cong Qi