This photographic series by Mahdi Ehsaei shows a side of Iran, which is widely unknown even to Iranians: a minority of people who influenced the culture of a whole region by continuing their African heritage with their clothing style, their music, their dance and their oral traditions.
Ehsaei set out to the Hormozgan Province in the Persian Gulf to shed some light on this part of Iran, which is home to the des- cendants of enslaved people and traders from Africa. The tradi- tional and historical region with one of Iran’s most ethnically diverse populations is framed with unique landscapes. In his book Ehsaei shows fascinating portraits which are not typical for the common picture of Iran. Afro-Iran reveals details docu- menting a centuries-long history of a community, which is often overlooked in Iran’s history but which has even shaped the cul- ture in Southern Ir
About the author
Mahdi Ehsaei (b. 1989) was born to Iranian parents in Germany and grew up in a bicultural environment with an influence of Persian culture and tradition within the context of German society. For his work on Afro-Iranians, he set out to the Hormozgan Province on the Persian Gulf of Iran to shed some light on and visually document a community of people that, like him, represent the complexities of their own hyphenated identities. In 2014, Ehsaei graduated from the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany, with a degree in communication design and photography. His internationally acclaimed Afro-Iran project has been exhibited in numerous countries, including Germany, Colombia, Italy, Kenya, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and the United
Description
Hardcover
23 x 28cm
96 pages
52 color ills.
English/ Persian
ISBN 978-3-96900-133-2
With a foiled hard cover, it is a 320 page art book and weighs 1.7kg.
