A look at Iran

Photographer Hossein Fatemi show you what is hidden from the eyes of Big Brother, whatever it is that young Iranians behind the closed doors of their homes and clubs. More than 20 years of news and photos from Iran were pretty uniform: a woman in a burqa, public executions, demonstration with the burning of flags and rumors of nuclear weapons. However, the reality of daily life in this ancient country is much more complex and diverse.





1. A woman at the ceremony Chehel Manbar, which passes in front of Ashura in Khorramabad. Traditionally, Iranian women walk barefoot, lighting 40 candles in certain places in the city center. The ceremony begins early in the morning and lasts all day.



2. nude woman on a bed in his house. She is forced to work as a prostitute to feed her two children.



3. Women in a beauty salon, where men have no right to enter. Working in the salon for men, too, of course, prohibited.



4. drunken girls enjoying party. Although there was related to men and women are forbidden to socialize and relax together, many ignore the law in their homes.



5. Rock Band at a private concert.



6. Girls in the gym, where trained exclusively by women.



7. Girls playing pool in the recreation hall for men, where girls entrance is strictly forbidden nastrogo.



8. Girls smoke hookah, which was banned in public places.



9. Rock banned, so these guys are rehearsing at their own risk in a secret place.



10. Girls smoke on the balcony of the house. At home they can wear T-shirts with impunity and not to cover his head.



11. The guy playing guitar in the park of the city of Shiraz.



12. The clerk and the shopper considering the catalog of lingerie, while another client tries on a bra.



13. Eylya - artist - drinks and smokes in her house.



14. Two girls after a party in the house of a friend.



15. Parkurschik.



16. View of Tehran Milad Tower.



17. Sherwin in his room with the dog. Under Islamic law, a dog is considered dirty animals, so the people of Iran can not keep dogs. Most Iranian kennel keeps your pets in four walls, because the police have the right to confiscate the dogs when their owners will walk their.



18. Sugar Iranian model posing for a photograph.



19. A couple reading the Koran in a religious ceremony to commemorate the death of Imam Ali in the cemetery on the outskirts of Tehran.
Iranian photographer Hossein Fatemi (born 1980) began his career in 1997. He has worked in Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Georgia, Russia, India, Somalia, Kenya and Afghanistan, and his work has been published in many national and international publications, including The Times, Newsweek, Paris Match, The New York Times , The Guardian and The Washington Post. Over the years, Fatemi became the winner of several national and international contests: Iranian Photographer of the Year (2006, 2007, 2009); She received a silver medal from the Photographic Society of Delaware (2006); a gold medal at the International Competition Asahi Shimbun (2005 and 2006) and became the winner of international photojournalism China (2007 and 2009).



Source: bigpicture.ru

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