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Jan 2016 back issue
by Omid Salehi
Omid Salehi captures the unique atmosphere and rythm of life in contemporary
Iran in this affectionate portrait of his homeland.
Azan (call for prayer) at the Motahari mosque, Tehran, 2001.
Ruins of the palace of king Cyrus the Great, Persepolis,
2003.
Restaurant in the Tehran suburb of Imam Zadeh Davood,
2006.
View of Tehran.
Building, Tehran, 2005.
Restaurant in the Tehran suburb of Imam Zadeh Davood, 2006.
Woman passes by in front of carpet in a bazaar in Kashan, 2006.
Kurdish wedding dance in Tehran, 2006.
Decorative mural, Kurdistan, Iran, 2004.
Female religious student passing a shop with a painted
tulip ( symbol of martyrdom) in Qom, 2005.
There are only a few old lorries left from the old time. Lorry drivers decorate them with their very personal taste. They
use decorations such as slogans, verses of Quran, worry beads, names of the saints (imams). They stick these
decorative subjects on their wind-screens, inside body of the car or deck of the car, they use these photos and
decorations depending on their personal feelings. 2009.
Lorries have portraits of female pop stars and singers…The images of Iranian actresses: Niki karimi, Anahita Hemati,
Mahnaz Afshar..., 2008.
Women going to pray in Hazrate Masomeh shrine in Qom, 2003.
The Ashura ceremony in Imam Emamzadeh Davoud, Tehran, 2006.
Pilgrims visiting Imam Reza's shrine in Mashhad
photographed in front of a screen representing the shrine.
Tourists in Kish Island, 2007.
All the pilgrims visiting Imam Reza’s shrine in the city of Mashad take family photos infront of a screen showing the
shrine. In the past, the pictures were black and white, and the photographers themselves painted them with water
color.
Mural of a war veteran, Tehran, 2006.
Mural, American Embassy, Tehran, 2008.
Smoking hookah in a cafe, Kish Island, 2007.
Driver selling his paintings along a road outside Tehran, 2008.
