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Shadows of Truth

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In this photo series i elide my personal insights from the " Equivalents " by Alfred Stieglitz and " Allegory of the Cave " by Plato. I've tried to photograph the real people, things and happenings that sometimes we can't see them directly and we can feel them with their erasure & unstable shadows. I've chosen trees of streets that we pass them every day without any specific attention as the whole truth. They mostly appear with their shadows to people, like Stieglitz's series that clouds are the symbols of sky but we don't see sky as the main subject.
If we can't see the shadows, it's not because of lack of truths and trees. The problem belongs to where we don't have enough light to create smaller facts for us to understand them
April 29th 1993 – Tehran, Iran
Education:
Soureh Art School – Cinema Diploma – 2009
The Architectural Association Tehran Visiting School – Architecture Certificate - 2014
Islamic Azad University Art & Architecture Central Tehran Branch – Photography BA – 2015
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – Seeing Through Photographs – Certificate – 2016
Honorary Member of:
Young Writers Club- Iran Islamic Republic Ministry of Education, since 2006.
Young Artists Club- Art Center of Islamic Advertising Organization, since 2008.
Exhibitions:
The Days of Life #2 – Collective international photo exhibition – Bahman Cultural Space – Tehran –
Iran - 2013
The Days of Life #2 – Collective international photo exhibition – Mehr Gallery – Chaharmahal and
Bakhtiari – Iran - 2014
Tradition & Identity, AA Tehran Visiting School Architectural Exhibition – Qasr Gallery Museum –
Tehran – Iran – 2014
2014 SeelMe International Collective Exhibition – SeelMe Gallery Space – New York City - USA - 2014
2014 Art Base Miami – Scope Booth – Miami – USA – Dec 2014
Louvre Museum – Paris – France – 13th July 2015
Espy Photo Award International Photography Exhibition – Elysium Gallery – Wales, UK – 21st
November – 19th December 2015
Latent Urbanism Exhibition - Architectural Exhibition curated by Omid Kamvari – Asia House Gallery –
London, UK – 11th to 26th November 2015
The 2015 Favorite Photograph Exhibition – “Synthesis of Nature & Culture” - Lenscratch Site, Fine Art
Photography Daily – January 1 2016
Pulications:
Ghaab E-Magazine – October & November 2014, January 2015, February & March 2016 –
Ascension, Dream of Access, Getting Ready for Holidays, MRS. Actress, Snowing & Self Portrait by
Handmade Pinhole Camera (Photo)
7 e Sobh – 26 October 2014 – Culture Section – Aramsayesh Theater (Photo)
F-Stop Magazine – Issue #69
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In this photo series i elide my personal insights from the " Equivalents " by Alfred Stieglitz and " Allegory of the Cave " by Plato. I've tried to photograph the real people, things and happenings that sometimes we can't see them directly and we can feel them with their erasure & unstable shadows. I've chosen trees of streets that we pass them every day without any specific attention as the whole truth. They mostly appear with their shadows to people, like Stieglitz's series that clouds are the symbols of sky but we don't see sky as the main subject.
If we can't see the shadows, it's not because of lack of truths and trees. The problem belongs to where we don't have enough light to create smaller facts for us to understand them
About author:
Romina AghandehApril 29th 1993 – Tehran, Iran
Education:
Soureh Art School – Cinema Diploma – 2009
The Architectural Association Tehran Visiting School – Architecture Certificate - 2014
Islamic Azad University Art & Architecture Central Tehran Branch – Photography BA – 2015
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) – Seeing Through Photographs – Certificate – 2016
Honorary Member of:
Young Writers Club- Iran Islamic Republic Ministry of Education, since 2006.
Young Artists Club- Art Center of Islamic Advertising Organization, since 2008.
Exhibitions:
The Days of Life #2 – Collective international photo exhibition – Bahman Cultural Space – Tehran –
Iran - 2013
The Days of Life #2 – Collective international photo exhibition – Mehr Gallery – Chaharmahal and
Bakhtiari – Iran - 2014
Tradition & Identity, AA Tehran Visiting School Architectural Exhibition – Qasr Gallery Museum –
Tehran – Iran – 2014
2014 SeelMe International Collective Exhibition – SeelMe Gallery Space – New York City - USA - 2014
2014 Art Base Miami – Scope Booth – Miami – USA – Dec 2014
Louvre Museum – Paris – France – 13th July 2015
Espy Photo Award International Photography Exhibition – Elysium Gallery – Wales, UK – 21st
November – 19th December 2015
Latent Urbanism Exhibition - Architectural Exhibition curated by Omid Kamvari – Asia House Gallery –
London, UK – 11th to 26th November 2015
The 2015 Favorite Photograph Exhibition – “Synthesis of Nature & Culture” - Lenscratch Site, Fine Art
Photography Daily – January 1 2016
Pulications:
Ghaab E-Magazine – October & November 2014, January 2015, February & March 2016 –
Ascension, Dream of Access, Getting Ready for Holidays, MRS. Actress, Snowing & Self Portrait by
Handmade Pinhole Camera (Photo)
7 e Sobh – 26 October 2014 – Culture Section – Aramsayesh Theater (Photo)
F-Stop Magazine – Issue #69
BACK TO GALLERY