Listen, 2010, Newsha Tavakolian
The Prince Claus Fund and De Nieuwe Kerk organise an evening about contemporary Iranian photography that features guest speaker Malu Halasa and photographer Newsha Tavakolian. Malu Halasa is a journalist and the editor of the book Transit Tehran: Young Iran and Its Inspirations. During this evening, she will present the fascinating beauty and heroic resistance of contemporary photography in Iran, and will interview the young but already renown Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian.
The evening will focus on contemporary Iranian photography. Photos will be shown by young Iranian photojournalists and artists, who use their cameras to explore their country’s current state of turbulent social change. These photos reveal a different and burgeoning image of Iran, a country that many westerners mainly associate with ayatollahs and nuclear plans.
