News – Parham Taghioff

Conversations April 17, 2021April 17, 2021

“History/Image: National Memory Beyond Nationalism” A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei

[MO] Parham, the images of Asymmetrical Authority are at once familiar and strange to theimagination imprinted with the political history of contemporary Iran. They recall the 1979Revolution that deposed the Pahlavi monarchy and brought about the Islamic Republic as well asthe eight years of war … Continue reading“History/Image: National Memory Beyond Nationalism” A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei

News, Uncategorized April 1, 2020April 27, 2020

A Note on Iranian Contemporary Art by Parham Taghioff

Iranian contemporary art is an achievement influenced by modernism that has found a suitable context for expression in direction of becoming globalized and in the age of communication. Whether this context is spontaneous and a historical necessity or a planned and imposed project, it is … Continue readingA Note on Iranian Contemporary Art by Parham Taghioff

News, Reviews December 26, 2019April 26, 2020

A note on “Asymmetrical Authority & Historical Kaleidoscope” Series by Milad Odabaei

Asymmetrical Authority & Historical Kaleidoscope stages photography against photography. Parham Taghioff’s photography challenges the apparent complacency of image-making with the conventional narrative of Iran’s history, questioning representational historiography itself by rendering visible the movement it captures. The images take up the photographic representation of paradigmatic … Continue readingA note on “Asymmetrical Authority & Historical Kaleidoscope” Series by Milad Odabaei

News, Reviews December 30, 2018April 26, 2020

A Note on “Asymmetrical Authority” by Hamidreza Karami

I. Using history as a force in art is to coordinate, reconcile, and combine two far away realms, as one is rooted in knowledge and the other strives for truth. History is the realization of humans’ insatiable desire for learning, and then writing and waiting … Continue readingA Note on “Asymmetrical Authority” by Hamidreza Karami

News, Uncategorized December 11, 2018April 27, 2020

Panel Discussion about “Iranian Contemporary Photography”

Panel Discussion about “Iranian Contemporary Photography” with Amirali Ghasemi, Parham Taghioff & Hamidreza Karami | December 11,2018 | University of Tehran.

News, Uncategorized October 17, 2017November 23, 2020

Architectural Photography Award 2017

Parham Taghioff ‘s photographs has been selected by the international jury into the professional category shortlist of Architectural Photography Award 2017.The award ceremony and the exhibition opening will be held on November 22, 2017 in Budapest.More Info:http://photoaward.meonline.hu/results/ EXHIBITION SERIES 22 November 2017, 6 pm, Kunsthalle, … Continue readingArchitectural Photography Award 2017

Conversations, News March 11, 2013April 17, 2021

“The Revolution Was a Wave that Overtook Me”A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei

Parham Taghioff was born in 1978, the year of the Iranian Revolution. Implicitly referring to the systematic re-writing of history in the aftermath of the Revolution, he jokingly tells me he was born in the “year zero.” He traces his interest in images to when … Continue reading“The Revolution Was a Wave that Overtook Me”A Conversation with Photographer Parham Taghioff by Milad Odabaei