• Newsha Tavakolian And They Laughed at Me

Newsha Tavakolian And They Laughed at Me

For her new book, Tavakolian has trawled through her archives not to pick her best work, but instead to dig up what she refers to as her »eyesore« photos from the early days of her career, when, at the age of sixteen, she had started to work as a photo journalist in Tehran. »From the revisiting of these ›eyesore‹ images, against the backdrop of again terrible events, what emerges is a clear rite of passage from the hope and dreams of youth, towards the disappointment of reality and the conclusion that there is only one real choice in life. To be drawn to darkness, or to choose to fight the darkness and go towards the light.« (Newsha Tavakolian) Iranian photographer and visual artist Newsha Tavakolian (b. 1981) has received numerous awards, such as the Carmignac Photojournalism Award and the Prince Claus Award. Her work has been featured in exhibitions worldwide and is in many international collections.


Hardcover with dust jacket ca. 19 x 24,5 cm 220 pages ca. 200 color illustrations English Available soon ISBN 978-3-96900-213-1 2025

Texts:

Haleh Anvari, Newsha Tavakolian

Design:

Kehrer Design (Laura Pecoroni)

Exhibitions

The Great Game, 56th Venice
09.05. – 22.11.2015

Chapelle de l'Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris
13.05. – 07.06.2015

East Wing Gallery, Dubai
02.07. – 10.09.2015

Saatchi Gallery, London
18.11. – 13.12.2015

Prince Claus Fund Gallery, Amsterdam
27.11.2015 – 04.03.2016

Leica Camera Gallery, Frankfurt
24.11. – 09.12.2017

Magna Brava Ongoing
Magnum Gallery, Paris
5.2. – 27.4.2018

Open for Business (Group Exhibition)
foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam
27.05. – 07.09.2022

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