Farshid Tighehsaz
From Labyrinth
When I see a butterfly, I remember the poets. They gave to us a little chance to be alive. Mazandaran, Iran.
Fear of naked body and gender issues hanging on the minds of these generations. Tabriz, Iran.
Celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Islamic Republic in Tabriz, Iran. On 11 February, 2016
Kitchen of the fourth-year architecture student. Tabriz, Iran.
In May 2013, "Kamkar Osmani" has injured because of the remain mine explosion from (Iraq and Iran) war in Sardasht, Kurdestan, Iran. And he has lost his left eye. He was born in 2001.
Celebrate the 38th anniversary of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Tabriz, Iran.
Drying after Mud bath at the Lake. On July 15, 2011. Poor agricultural management and frantic rush for development are responsible for the lake’s desiccation, which represents a loss of nearly 90% of its original surface since the 1970’s. “An estimated 18 millions people would be affected directly by the drought of the lake but nobody is taking action.” Only recently has the government devised a few restoration ideas, and none has been implemented yet.
Prayers for Eid al-Fitr near the border of Turkmenistan.
At the cafeteria. When you see all the way ahead is closed, you get disappointed and you will smoke more and more. Tabriz, Iran.
hanging of the enemy of islamic republic of Iran. Tabriz, Iran.
She said; I'm not just a body. Tabriz, Iran.
Love is difficult when you can't touch. Tabriz, Iran.
Without self-confidence. My friend spying the neighbor’s daughters. Tehran, Iran.
Coffee Tale, tell me my future. Now-days, girls in cafes are looking for their future in their coffee cup. Tabriz, Iran.
Project Description
In 2013, upon developing a skill in social documentary photography, Farshid decided to begin a long-term independent related series which hopes to offer a clearer image of his society (Iran) and is still in progress. “From Labyrinth” is a multiplicity both in its structure and in its confrontation with the subjects and is about the fears and the effects of the Islamic revolution in Iran as well as the impact of eight years of war that will be felt for generations to come.
Iran had a huge population boom in the 1980s and 1990s, a new generation after revolution and war. It is a generation which played no part in earlier events, and yet what took place affects their lives directly. As the regime’s Islamic doctrine sealed off the country from western influence, the result was a complex mix of contradictions, which fuelled social and political instability.
“‘From Labyrinth’ is coexistence for me as a young Iranian, the generation after revolution, and comment on war with our society and the world”.
Farshid was born on July 21, 1987 in Tabriz, Iran. His birth year coincided with the last year of the Iran–Iraq War. Being young in Iran meant limitations: limitations in which religion affects politics, art, culture, diversion, economy, education, clothing, speech, behaviour, femininity, masculinity, relationships and life. The impact of these events on our lives and souls will always be visible. In this personal project, Farshid is searching for evidence of the growing complexity and depression both in sociological and psychological terms.
“Some commonalities among my peers were discovered: fear – fear of the future; fear of annihilation, fear of sexuality, fear of loneliness and the fear of not being happy”.
These fears take control of each individual’s life and identity, in ways both unique to every person and universal.
Biography
Farshid Tighehsaz is a freelance photographer based in Tabriz, Iran. Born in 1987, he took up photography to help understand life after his father, who was an amateur photographer, died in 2006.
Farshid studied psychology at university. In 2010, he started professionally working with news agencies in Iran. His work has been published internationally by news outlets such as The New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, the Associated Press and Agence France-Press.
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