Spotlight
Ones To Watch by the British Journal of Photography
parisa azadi
Dec 24, 2023
Summary
In 2023, Parisa Azadi was selected as the 'Ones to Watch' by the British Journal of Photography.
https://www.1854.photography/2023/06/parisa-azadi-ones-to-watch/
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In Ordinary Grief, Azadi embarks on a personal and political reconciliation with Iran after 25 years of self-exile. Centering the lives of ordinary citizens, she describes quiet moments and reflective gestures as people desperately try to create new futures for themselves against all odds.
“The urgency of Azadi’s voice immediately struck me,” says photographic artist and curator Bindi Vora, who nominated Azadi for Ones to Watch. “Her works raise crucial questions around how surveillance, activism and uprising are discussed, often seen through the lens of political limbo and the burden of grief.”
https://www.1854.photography/2023/06/parisa-azadi-ones-to-watch/
Personal and political: An illuminating look at the strength of Iranian identity
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