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Being young in Iran means limitations: limitations in which religion effects politics, art, culture, diversion, economy, education, clothing, speech, behavior, femininity, masculinity, relationships and life. As my friends often say, \u201cWe are the generation after revolution and after war.\u201d The impression of these events on our lives and souls will always be visible.<\/p><p>In this personal project, I am searching for evidence of the growing complexity and depression in my generation. Using photography helped me get close to people and their lives, to achieve a better understanding of those around me. As I discovered, the search for my own identity inevitably involved me with my society.<\/p><p>During my quest, I found some resemblances among my peers. And I also found fear\u2014fear of the future, fear of annihilation, fear of sexuality, fear of loneliness and the fear of not being happy. 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Using photography helped me get close to people and their lives, to achieve a better understanding of those around me. As I discovered, the search for my own identity inevitably involved me with my society.\n\nDuring my quest, I found some resemblances among my peers. And I also found fear\u2014fear of the future, fear of annihilation, fear of sexuality, fear of loneliness and the fear of not being happy. 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At home, in Tabriz city, my mother, my five year old sister and I were waiting for news of father\u2019s recovery. After a few days due to the severity of my father\u2019s illness, my mother took us to Urmia city. At that time the only way of communication between Tabriz city and Urmia was \u201cUrmia lake\u201d. Small passenger ships were means of communication of the lake. In spite of my young age and not having any awareness of the situation, I was full of worries and fears. Stormy weather and the lake being unrest, was making the fear grow in me more and more. Because of the bad weather, the shipping had to be stopped but we arrived on time and we boarded the last ship. We were sitting next to the ship\u2019s window. It was a one hour trip and I was staring out the window the whole time. Feelings of anxiety and fear had given way to peace. A beautiful picture of blue lake and cloudy sky and the rain drops on the window of the ship. A Beautiful moment that I have not forgotten. That image was the most beautiful thing that I saw and felt that day. Unfortunately, it was never repeated. I\u2019ve always been looking for that lost beauty since 2011, the time I started taking pictures of Urmia lake but in all my photos I only witness a salty death. Urmia lake is the world's second largest brine lake which is located in north western Iran and in the region of Azerbaijan and its divided between east Azerbaijan and west Azerbaijan. In 2002, drought began to threaten the Urmia lake and in 2014, the dryness of the lake has been announced to be more than 75%. The reason this drought is not revengeful character of nature but only the nature of human irresponsibility. By well diggings, by buildings dams on rivers that used to pour into the lake, by throwing stones into the depth of lake\u2019s heart, we have narrowed the breathing of the lake. Today, after 18 years, my father is not among us. But Urmia Lake is there.<\/p>","body_raw":"when I was 10, my father was hospitalized due to kidney disease in a hospital in Urmia. At home, in Tabriz city, my mother, my five year old sister and I were waiting for news of father\u2019s recovery. After a few days due to the severity of my father\u2019s illness, my mother took us to Urmia city. At that time the only way of communication between Tabriz city and Urmia was \u201cUrmia lake\u201d. Small passenger ships were means of communication of the lake. In spite of my young age and not having any awareness of the situation, I was full of worries and fears. Stormy weather and the lake being unrest, was making the fear grow in me more and more. Because of the bad weather, the shipping had to be stopped but we arrived on time and we boarded the last ship. We were sitting next to the ship\u2019s window. It was a one hour trip and I was staring out the window the whole time. Feelings of anxiety and fear had given way to peace. A beautiful picture of blue lake and cloudy sky and the rain drops on the window of the ship. A Beautiful moment that I have not forgotten. That image was the most beautiful thing that I saw and felt that day. Unfortunately, it was never repeated. I\u2019ve always been looking for that lost beauty since 2011, the time I started taking pictures of Urmia lake but in all my photos I only witness a salty death. Urmia lake is the world's second largest brine lake which is located in north western Iran and in the region of Azerbaijan and its divided between east Azerbaijan and west Azerbaijan. In 2002, drought began to threaten the Urmia lake and in 2014, the dryness of the lake has been announced to be more than 75%. The reason this drought is not revengeful character of nature but only the nature of human irresponsibility. By well diggings, by buildings dams on rivers that used to pour into the lake, by throwing stones into the depth of lake\u2019s heart, we have narrowed the breathing of the lake. Today, after 18 years, my father is not among us. But Urmia Lake is there.","published_at":"2019-01-24 20:27:55","is_legacy":1,"legacy_id":"558f08d0-a8b3-11e4-b350-c1e4d1a7e6d0","position":1,"created_at":"2015-12-05 18:54:16","updated_at":"2019-01-24 20:27:55","user_attributes":{"id":9437,"firstname":"Farshid","lastname":"Tighehsaz","username":"farshidtighehsaz","name":"Farshid Tighehsaz","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/9437\/avatars\/nyolf970937f23f7.jpeg","cover_image":"\/users\/9437\/cover_images\/nza0kk7085f236e4.JPG","nationality":"Iranian","currently_in":{"id":77701,"city":"Tabr\u012bz","region":"East Azerbaijan","country":"Iran","country_code":"IR","continent":"Asia","lat":"38.08","lon":"46.2919","verified":1,"created_at":"-0001-11-30 00:00:00","updated_at":"2015-11-27 21:51:26","name":"Tabr\u012bz, East Azerbaijan, Iran"},"bio":"Farshid is a freelance photographer based in Tabriz, Iran. He was born in 22 July 1987. He's father was an amateur photographer. \n\nFarshid started photography for understanding the Life after his father died in since 2006. Also he studied General Psychology at the University.\n\nIn 2010 he started professionally work with some news agencies in Iran until 2014. He\u2019s works has been published internationally on news agencies such as New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, associated press, Agence France-Press\u2026\n\nAwards and Festivals:\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2016 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-RIGA PHOTOMONTH 2016 for \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Sheed Grant (Iranian independent social documentary photography grant) 2016 for \" The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Cortona On The Move \u201cNEW VISIONS\u201d open call 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Solo exhibition with \"From Labyrinth\" project at the Cortona On The Move festival 2017.\n\n-Presentation in London Photo Fair 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2018 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":4,"has_curators_pick_photographer":true},"activity_attributes":{"place":"Iran","image_filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/9135\/nywwh5505262f693.jpeg","video_service":null,"video_code":null},"url":"\/farshidtighehsaz\/story\/missing-moment-a31742dce0","comments":[{"id":10,"user_id":5427,"commentable_id":9135,"commentable_type":"App\\Story","body":"Wonderful series, exceptional photography!","created_at":"2016-02-18 16:20:40","updated_at":"2016-02-18 16:20:40","deleted_at":null,"user_attributes":{"id":5427,"firstname":"Zisis","lastname":"Kardianos","username":"zisiskardianos","name":"Zisis Kardianos","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/5427\/avatars\/nyociba33c4f43e8.jpeg","cover_image":null,"nationality":"Greek","currently_in":null,"bio":"Freelance photographer based in Zakynthos, Greece. I studied sociology and graduated in documentary photography in the Focus School in Athens. My photographs have been published in Greek and foreign magazines, travel magazines, book covers as well as in various on-line venues. In 2012 I took part in the Athens Photo Festival with a solo exhibition of my series \"Off-Season\". Also in the same year my book \"A sense of place\" was published, featuring b&amp;w photographs of my native island seen through the oblique perspective of a street-life photographer. I am a founding member of the international photography collective Burn My Eye and a contributing photographer of the Millennium photo agency.\nWhat I strive to achieve is the making through my photographs of an imaginary world, where even the most prosaic situations can acquire a mysterious nuance and a meaning different from the one that they carry in reality."}}}],"places":[{"id":145439,"city":null,"region":null,"country":"Iran","country_code":"IR","continent":"Asia","lat":"32.427908","lon":"53.688046","verified":0,"created_at":"2015-11-13 13:57:17","updated_at":"2016-02-04 16:08:41","name":"Iran","pivot":{"story_id":9135,"place_id":145439}}],"place":null,"cover_block_image":{"id":56646,"story_id":9135,"image_id":56650,"video_id":null,"caption":"\u201dNoah\u2019s Ark\u201d, the biggest passenger ship of Urmia lake. this ship ran aground in the middle and deep-water part of the lake. 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He\u2019s works has been published internationally on news agencies such as New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, associated press, Agence France-Press\u2026\n\nAwards and Festivals:\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2016 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-RIGA PHOTOMONTH 2016 for \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Sheed Grant (Iranian independent social documentary photography grant) 2016 for \" The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Cortona On The Move \u201cNEW VISIONS\u201d open call 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Solo exhibition with \"From Labyrinth\" project at the Cortona On The Move festival 2017.\n\n-Presentation in London Photo Fair 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2018 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"object":{"id":9135,"status_id":2,"user_id":9437,"cover_block_id":56646,"place_id":null,"started_at":"2011-01-01 00:00:00","ended_at":"2015-01-01 00:00:00","is_ongoing":0,"is_unpublished":0,"title":"Missing moment","slug":"missing-moment-a31742dce0","slug_hash":"a31742dce0","excerpt":"<p>when I was 10, my father was hospitalized due to kidney disease in a hospital in Urmia.<\/p>","excerpt_raw":"when I was 10, my father was hospitalized due to kidney disease in a hospital in Urmia.","body":"<p>when I was 10, my father was hospitalized due to kidney disease in a hospital in Urmia. At home, in Tabriz city, my mother, my five year old sister and I were waiting for news of father\u2019s recovery. After a few days due to the severity of my father\u2019s illness, my mother took us to Urmia city. At that time the only way of communication between Tabriz city and Urmia was \u201cUrmia lake\u201d. Small passenger ships were means of communication of the lake. In spite of my young age and not having any awareness of the situation, I was full of worries and fears. Stormy weather and the lake being unrest, was making the fear grow in me more and more. Because of the bad weather, the shipping had to be stopped but we arrived on time and we boarded the last ship. We were sitting next to the ship\u2019s window. It was a one hour trip and I was staring out the window the whole time. Feelings of anxiety and fear had given way to peace. A beautiful picture of blue lake and cloudy sky and the rain drops on the window of the ship. A Beautiful moment that I have not forgotten. That image was the most beautiful thing that I saw and felt that day. Unfortunately, it was never repeated. I\u2019ve always been looking for that lost beauty since 2011, the time I started taking pictures of Urmia lake but in all my photos I only witness a salty death. Urmia lake is the world's second largest brine lake which is located in north western Iran and in the region of Azerbaijan and its divided between east Azerbaijan and west Azerbaijan. In 2002, drought began to threaten the Urmia lake and in 2014, the dryness of the lake has been announced to be more than 75%. The reason this drought is not revengeful character of nature but only the nature of human irresponsibility. By well diggings, by buildings dams on rivers that used to pour into the lake, by throwing stones into the depth of lake\u2019s heart, we have narrowed the breathing of the lake. Today, after 18 years, my father is not among us. But Urmia Lake is there.<\/p>","body_raw":"when I was 10, my father was hospitalized due to kidney disease in a hospital in Urmia. At home, in Tabriz city, my mother, my five year old sister and I were waiting for news of father\u2019s recovery. After a few days due to the severity of my father\u2019s illness, my mother took us to Urmia city. At that time the only way of communication between Tabriz city and Urmia was \u201cUrmia lake\u201d. Small passenger ships were means of communication of the lake. In spite of my young age and not having any awareness of the situation, I was full of worries and fears. Stormy weather and the lake being unrest, was making the fear grow in me more and more. Because of the bad weather, the shipping had to be stopped but we arrived on time and we boarded the last ship. We were sitting next to the ship\u2019s window. It was a one hour trip and I was staring out the window the whole time. Feelings of anxiety and fear had given way to peace. A beautiful picture of blue lake and cloudy sky and the rain drops on the window of the ship. A Beautiful moment that I have not forgotten. That image was the most beautiful thing that I saw and felt that day. Unfortunately, it was never repeated. I\u2019ve always been looking for that lost beauty since 2011, the time I started taking pictures of Urmia lake but in all my photos I only witness a salty death. Urmia lake is the world's second largest brine lake which is located in north western Iran and in the region of Azerbaijan and its divided between east Azerbaijan and west Azerbaijan. In 2002, drought began to threaten the Urmia lake and in 2014, the dryness of the lake has been announced to be more than 75%. The reason this drought is not revengeful character of nature but only the nature of human irresponsibility. By well diggings, by buildings dams on rivers that used to pour into the lake, by throwing stones into the depth of lake\u2019s heart, we have narrowed the breathing of the lake. Today, after 18 years, my father is not among us. But Urmia Lake is there.","published_at":"2019-01-24 20:27:55","is_legacy":1,"legacy_id":"558f08d0-a8b3-11e4-b350-c1e4d1a7e6d0","position":1,"created_at":"2015-12-05 18:54:16","updated_at":"2019-01-24 20:27:55","user_attributes":{"id":9437,"firstname":"Farshid","lastname":"Tighehsaz","username":"farshidtighehsaz","name":"Farshid Tighehsaz","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/9437\/avatars\/nyolf970937f23f7.jpeg","cover_image":"\/users\/9437\/cover_images\/nza0kk7085f236e4.JPG","nationality":"Iranian","currently_in":{"id":77701,"city":"Tabr\u012bz","region":"East Azerbaijan","country":"Iran","country_code":"IR","continent":"Asia","lat":"38.08","lon":"46.2919","verified":1,"created_at":"-0001-11-30 00:00:00","updated_at":"2015-11-27 21:51:26","name":"Tabr\u012bz, East Azerbaijan, Iran"},"bio":"Farshid is a freelance photographer based in Tabriz, Iran. He was born in 22 July 1987. He's father was an amateur photographer. \n\nFarshid started photography for understanding the Life after his father died in since 2006. Also he studied General Psychology at the University.\n\nIn 2010 he started professionally work with some news agencies in Iran until 2014. He\u2019s works has been published internationally on news agencies such as New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, associated press, Agence France-Press\u2026\n\nAwards and Festivals:\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2016 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-RIGA PHOTOMONTH 2016 for \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Sheed Grant (Iranian independent social documentary photography grant) 2016 for \" The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-shortlisted for the KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO AWARD 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Cortona On The Move \u201cNEW VISIONS\u201d open call 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Solo exhibition with \"From Labyrinth\" project at the Cortona On The Move festival 2017.\n\n-Presentation in London Photo Fair 2017 with \"The suicide of butterflies\" project.\n\n-LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2017 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\n-Finalist at the Grand Prix Fotofestiwal 2018 with \"From Labyrinth\" project.\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":4,"has_curators_pick_photographer":true},"activity_attributes":{"place":"Iran","image_filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/9135\/nywwh5505262f693.jpeg","video_service":null,"video_code":null},"url":"\/farshidtighehsaz\/story\/missing-moment-a31742dce0","comments":[{"id":10,"user_id":5427,"commentable_id":9135,"commentable_type":"App\\Story","body":"Wonderful series, exceptional photography!","created_at":"2016-02-18 16:20:40","updated_at":"2016-02-18 16:20:40","deleted_at":null,"user_attributes":{"id":5427,"firstname":"Zisis","lastname":"Kardianos","username":"zisiskardianos","name":"Zisis Kardianos","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/5427\/avatars\/nyociba33c4f43e8.jpeg","cover_image":null,"nationality":"Greek","currently_in":null,"bio":"Freelance photographer based in Zakynthos, Greece. I studied sociology and graduated in documentary photography in the Focus School in Athens. My photographs have been published in Greek and foreign magazines, travel magazines, book covers as well as in various on-line venues. In 2012 I took part in the Athens Photo Festival with a solo exhibition of my series \"Off-Season\". Also in the same year my book \"A sense of place\" was published, featuring b&amp;w photographs of my native island seen through the oblique perspective of a street-life photographer. I am a founding member of the international photography collective Burn My Eye and a contributing photographer of the Millennium photo agency.\nWhat I strive to achieve is the making through my photographs of an imaginary world, where even the most prosaic situations can acquire a mysterious nuance and a meaning different from the one that they carry in reality."}}}],"places":[{"id":145439,"city":null,"region":null,"country":"Iran","country_code":"IR","continent":"Asia","lat":"32.427908","lon":"53.688046","verified":0,"created_at":"2015-11-13 13:57:17","updated_at":"2016-02-04 16:08:41","name":"Iran","pivot":{"story_id":9135,"place_id":145439}}],"place":null,"cover_block_image":{"id":56646,"story_id":9135,"image_id":56650,"video_id":null,"caption":"\u201dNoah\u2019s Ark\u201d, the biggest passenger ship of Urmia lake. this ship ran aground in the middle and deep-water part of the lake. On 02 September 2013.","caption_raw":"\u201dNoah\u2019s Ark\u201d, the biggest passenger ship of Urmia lake. this ship ran aground in the middle and deep-water part of the lake. On 02 September 2013.","position":0,"is_explicit":null,"is_admin_explicit":null,"is_legacy":1,"legacy_id":"13814000-1dd2-11b2-9704-a10698b63287","created_at":"2015-12-06 01:07:54","updated_at":"2015-12-06 01:07:54","meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":3},"activity_attributes":{"story":{"title":"Missing moment","started_at":"2011-01-01 00:00:00","ended_at":"2015-01-01 00:00:00","slug":"missing-moment-a31742dce0","place":null,"user":{"firstname":"Farshid","lastname":"Tighehsaz","username":"farshidtighehsaz","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/9437\/avatars\/nyolf970937f23f7.jpeg"}}},"image_filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/9135\/nywwh5505262f693.jpeg","video_meta":null},"image":{"id":56650,"filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/9135\/nywwh5505262f693.jpeg","created_at":"2015-12-06 01:07:54","updated_at":"2015-12-06 01:07:54"},"video":null}}}]