True Revolution

  • Dates
    2017 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Social Issues, Fine Art, Archive

“True Revolution?” is a photo installation project which includes over thousands archival ID photos which were taken after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, when Hijab for women was mandated.

In this body of work, which includes recovered archival photos from a portrait studio in Tehran- that was in business from 1950 up to 2010- I've tried to portray a fraudulent revolution that after reaching its goal, despite using women's support to win, pushed them to the margins and removed them from the fabric of society.

© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project
© Mahsa Alafar - Image from the True Revolution photography project

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