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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":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","is_legacy":1,"legacy_id":"558f08d0-a8b3-11e4-b350-c1e4d1a7e6d0","position":2,"created_at":"2015-12-05 18:54:16","updated_at":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","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\nwww.farshidtighehsaz.com\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":7,"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. 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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\nwww.farshidtighehsaz.com\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"object":{"id":20729,"status_id":2,"user_id":9437,"cover_block_id":202820,"place_id":null,"started_at":"2014-01-01 00:00:00","ended_at":null,"is_ongoing":1,"is_unpublished":0,"title":"The suicide of butterflies","slug":"the-suicide-of-butterflies-053bf73f53","slug_hash":"053bf73f53","excerpt":"<p>In an act of a suicide, the murderer cannot be identified. So what determines the line between committing suicide and murder when the world encourages you to do both? Who is the killer? What about the circumstances? Environment? Life?<\/p>","excerpt_raw":"In an act of a suicide, the murderer cannot be identified. So what determines the line between committing suicide and murder when the world encourages you to do both? Who is the killer? What about the circumstances? Environment? Life?","body":"<p>In an act of a suicide, the murderer cannot be identified. So what determines the line between committing suicide and murder when the world encourages you to do both? Who is the killer? What about the circumstances? Environment? Life?<\/p><p>In the past I have had several attempts of committing suicide, but each time I have changed my mind. I could not do it since it requires a great deal of courage. Each time a reason, a ray of hope has stopped me from doing it. But how desperate can people who commit suicide be? Every time I read or hear about a suicide attempt, my heart beat rises, my breath tightens, and fear takes all over my body And I always ask myself,\u201d Who will be next?\u201d Maybe one of my friends? Maybe one of my loved ones? <\/p><p>In Iran, according to the un-official statistics, more than 4,000 people with an age range of 18 to 25 years old have ended their lives in 2015 and the number of people committing suicide in this year is greater than years 2014 and 2013 which demonstrates the increasing rate of suicides in Iran. <\/p><p>It is well known that mental health problems are related to deprivation, poverty, inequality and other social and economic determinants of health. Economic crises are therefore times of high risk to the mental well-being of the population and of the people affected and their families. Mental health is an indivisible part of public health and significantly affects countries and their human, social and economic capital. Mental health is not merely the absence of mental disorders or symptoms but also a resource supporting overall well-being and productivity. <\/p><p>In this work you will not find any signs of suicide at first glance and I don\u2019t mean to illustrate violence. What I\u2019m trying to show is a concept of life that drags people to a point that they feel non-existence is better than existence and everything is absurd. Most of the characters in my photos are the people who I know them. All these characters have something in common and that is pondering over death. The suicide of butterflies is a work about the thinking of suicide. Who is thinking about it and who has done or failed to do it.<\/p>","body_raw":"In an act of a suicide, the murderer cannot be identified. So what determines the line between committing suicide and murder when the world encourages you to do both? Who is the killer? What about the circumstances? Environment? Life?\n\nIn the past I have had several attempts of committing suicide, but each time I have changed my mind. I could not do it since it requires a great deal of courage. Each time a reason, a ray of hope has stopped me from doing it. But how desperate can people who commit suicide be? Every time I read or hear about a suicide attempt, my heart beat rises, my breath tightens, and fear takes all over my body And I always ask myself,\u201d Who will be next?\u201d Maybe one of my friends? Maybe one of my loved ones? \n\nIn Iran, according to the un-official statistics, more than 4,000 people with an age range of 18 to 25 years old have ended their lives in 2015 and the number of people committing suicide in this year is greater than years 2014 and 2013 which demonstrates the increasing rate of suicides in Iran. \n\nIt is well known that mental health problems are related to deprivation, poverty, inequality and other social and economic determinants of health. Economic crises are therefore times of high risk to the mental well-being of the population and of the people affected and their families. Mental health is an indivisible part of public health and significantly affects countries and their human, social and economic capital. Mental health is not merely the absence of mental disorders or symptoms but also a resource supporting overall well-being and productivity. \n\nIn this work you will not find any signs of suicide at first glance and I don\u2019t mean to illustrate violence. What I\u2019m trying to show is a concept of life that drags people to a point that they feel non-existence is better than existence and everything is absurd. Most of the characters in my photos are the people who I know them. All these characters have something in common and that is pondering over death. The suicide of butterflies is a work about the thinking of suicide. Who is thinking about it and who has done or failed to do it.","published_at":"2019-07-06 16:42:49","is_legacy":null,"legacy_id":null,"position":null,"created_at":"2019-07-06 15:15:23","updated_at":"2019-10-09 20:07:08","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\nwww.farshidtighehsaz.com\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":5,"has_curators_pick_photographer":true},"activity_attributes":{"place":"Iran","image_filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/20729\/pu89cfd3d3e6da60.jpg","video_service":null,"video_code":null},"url":"\/farshidtighehsaz\/story\/the-suicide-of-butterflies-053bf73f53","comments":[],"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":20729,"place_id":145439}}],"place":null,"cover_block_image":{"id":202820,"story_id":20729,"image_id":301116,"video_id":null,"caption":"She said; I fear from people, they steal my soul.","caption_raw":"She said; I fear from people, they steal my soul.","position":null,"is_explicit":null,"is_admin_explicit":null,"is_legacy":null,"legacy_id":null,"created_at":"2019-07-06 15:50:40","updated_at":"2019-07-06 15:59:02","meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":2},"activity_attributes":{"story":{"title":"The suicide of butterflies","started_at":"2014-01-01 00:00:00","ended_at":null,"slug":"the-suicide-of-butterflies-053bf73f53","place":null,"user":{"firstname":"Farshid","lastname":"Tighehsaz","username":"farshidtighehsaz","profile":{"avatar":"\/users\/9437\/avatars\/nyolf970937f23f7.jpeg"}}},"image_filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/20729\/pu89cfd3d3e6da60.jpg","video_meta":null},"image":{"id":301116,"filename":"\/users\/9437\/stories\/20729\/pu89cfd3d3e6da60.jpg","created_at":"2019-07-06 15:50:40","updated_at":"2019-07-06 15:50:40"},"video":null}}},{"id":51801,"user_id":9437,"object_id":9135,"object_type":"App\\Story","published_at":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","created_at":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","updated_at":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","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\nwww.farshidtighehsaz.com\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":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","is_legacy":1,"legacy_id":"558f08d0-a8b3-11e4-b350-c1e4d1a7e6d0","position":2,"created_at":"2015-12-05 18:54:16","updated_at":"2019-10-11 15:27:47","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\nwww.farshidtighehsaz.com\n\nEmail:\n\nfarshid.tgpix@gmail.com\nfarshidtighehsaz@hotmail.com"}},"meta":{"is_liked":false,"like_count":7,"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. 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