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Mehraneh Atashi
 
 
About the Artist

the main idea came from my personal feeling to my history, location and current social situation .

 
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Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009
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Tehran's self-portraits
What if, one day your location decides to take some self portraits from herself? The dull looks of her deformed body, all together with my influenced face lead me to capture some moments. In the last 30 years, Tehran is faced with an enormous growth. The population has been boomed from 5 to 15 Million and the city has lost most of her historical identity by a huge ridiculous constructions all around it. Lots of memorial locations are now culturally disappeared, and the polluted, sulk streets are converting this city from an alive location to a transit path for usual common life. Tehran’s Self-Portraits are shot by Holga, a lovely plastic Chinese camera .

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

Tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009
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Tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009
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Tehran's self-portraits

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tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

Tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

Tehran's self-portraits

tehran's self-portraits

tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

Tehran's self-portraits

Tehran's self-portraits

2008-2009

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tehran's self-portraits

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tehran's self-portraits

tehran's self-portraits

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tehran's self-portraits
 
Education and biography
BA in Photography, art university of tehran
Bag Factory Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa,2008
AFTER THE REVOLUTION, CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM TEHRAN AND CALIFORNIA, san Francisco arts commission,2008
Made in tehran, cicero gallery, Berlin,2007
PHOTOQUAI, biennale des images du monde, MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY, PARIS,2007
 
Future shows
Forum Schlossplatz Aarau,2009

http://www.forumschlossplatz.ch

22 sep 2009 "165 ans de photographie iranienne" musee du quai branly,paris
 
Website:  www.mehranehatashi.com
 
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