“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

“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