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	<title>the black snapper &#187; Iran</title>
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		<title>Afterwards They Wear Wings On Their Shoulders</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2010/02/12/afterwards-they-wear-wings-on-their-shoulders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Margo de Beijer</dc:creator>
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		<title>It Is A Stage That Becomes A Metaphor For Life</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2010/02/08/it-is-a-stage-that-becomes-a-metaphor-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elie Domit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was attracted to Mirzaei's series Human because of it very graphic nature. With this work the viewer has to approach very closely to see the images are actually photographic in nature, and not drawn or cut out silhouettes. It is as if you are looking through a microscope at scenes from the proverbial ant heap. Like a film maker, Mirzaei has zoomed out to capture different configurations, deciding when the shot was right or whether to wait for a few moments for the actors to regroup in different postures.]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, These Are Reminders That Time Is Passing</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2010/02/06/these-are-all-reminders-that-time-is-passing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elie Domit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sense of emptiness of a house whose occupants have departed is somehow striking for me. There is a profound feeling -somewhat- strange about the abandoned houses. Most of the time there is a sad story behind it; forced immigration, need for money, grown children who have left or even death.]]></description>
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		<title>Empty Sets About To Be Populated With Actors</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/30/empty-sets-about-to-be-populated-with-actors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The images that Abbas Kiraostami presents of empty rainy roads sweeping past fields and trees are devoid of characters. They seem like empty sets which the great director is about to populate with actors. However, for Kiarostami, roads and  trees are artists, interlocutors and companions. "From my very first photos, taken when I first picked up a camera, I realised that trees had more significance for me than human beings," he says. "I have always quoted Ibn Arabi, who says that "the tree is my sister."]]></description>
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		<title>Day 152 &#8211; the violence of war sadly reminds us</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/29/day-152-the-violence-of-war-sadly-reminds-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Fataneh Dadkhah (published yesterday) narrows her focus to a painted face Shadi Ghadirian empties her scenes of characters altogether and allows their possessions to take over. For her Nil Nil series she photographs military objects - helmet, canteen, bayonet, ammunition belt, and so on â€“ in a domestic setting. Removed from their context, these accoutrements of war appear at once menacing and delicate, their agression tempered by the feminine element.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 151 &#8211; Vivid Colours, Muted Backgrounds</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/28/day-151-vivid-colours-muted-backgrounds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fataneh Dadkhah photographed her Balouchi Brides series during her travels in Balouchestan, Iran, in 2007.  The vivid colours and sumptuous materials echo theatre costumes of Dadkhah’s early career, an overtone which she enhances with the stripped back and muted backgrounds. This aesthetic approach throws the bridal party into sharp focus, bringing to mind the presentation of the principal players within stage productions.]]></description>
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		<title>Staged Compositions, Both Poetic And Political</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/27/staged-compositions-both-poetic-and-political/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent history, particularly the history of conflict, informs Reza Aramesh’s series Between The Eye And Object Falls The Shadow. His series draws its inspiration from Francisco Goya's "The Disasters of War," (1810-1820). Aramesh arranges actors in a variety of tableaux or, in his terms, numbered ‘actions’ in which 17th century Spanish artist prints are contrasted with found photographic imagery from Reuters depicting disputes mainly in the Middle East from the 1960s to the present day. Each of Aramesh’s scenes is deliberately and incongruously set in of the stately and historical homes in the idyllic English countryside.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 149 &#8211; Take The Long Journey To Remember</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/26/day-149-take-the-long-journey-to-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his Shade of Earth series, Kowsari captures the annual pilgrimage that many Iranians make to the Iran–Iraq war frontline. During the war (1980–1988), Iran lost over half a million soldiers and so each year hundreds of thousands of Iranians travel to the fronts to remember the family members they lost.  This trip is called ‘Rahian-e Noor’, or Caravan of Light, and is made in during ‘Noruz’, the Iranian New Year holiday in the last week of March. The former battle grounds become a theatre of grief for the mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers, wives, friends and families who take the long journey to remember.  Kowsari’s moving photographs of the pilgrims contemplating their loss, and the ceremonial processions of flag bearers amongst the barren wasteland of the former warzone, speak volumes about the impact of war on those left behind.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 148 &#8211; Nothing Is Quite As It Seems</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/25/day-148-nothing-is-quite-as-it-seems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At first seemingly simple, Ramin Haerizadeh's photographs are nonetheless visually as well as intellectually complex. The meticulously crafted components within each work behave in unexpected ways and culminate in an immaculate finish. Reminiscent of the traditional motifs of Persian tapestries, architecture, fabrics, and carvings, Ramin Haerizadeh’s work reconfigures the decadence of an ancient civilisation into lusciously futuristic tableaux. Printed as large photographs, his computer manipulated imagery conveys all the sumptuous associations of history within their super-slick modern surfaces. Using these appropriated forms as departure point for invention: Haerizadeh transforms tradition, myth, and legend into the realm of virtual reality, subverting convention through high-impact graphic design and digital modelling.]]></description>
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		<title>Ashura &#8211; The Martyrdom Of Imam Hossein</title>
		<link>http://www.theblacksnapper.net/2009/12/24/day-147-ashura-the-martyrdom-of-imam-hossein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fariba Farshad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past 15 years, Sadegh Tirafkan has recorded the annual festival of ‘Ashura’, held to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hossein, the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was slain in the desert of Karbala, Iraq, over 13 centuries ago.  Processions of men take to the streets and flagellate themselves to the rhythm of drums, in what is known as the month of mourning.]]></description>
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