Shadi Ghadirian

<p>Shadi Ghadirian is one of Iran’s leading contemporary photographers. Born in Tehran in 1974, she rose to prominence in the late 1990s and has become a defining voice of her generation. Shaped by the restrictions of post-revolutionary Iran, her provocative and quietly subversive photographs explore the limits of freedom and expression, and a yearning for liberty and a more colourful life.</p><p>This expanded second edition traces the full arc of her practice: from the concentrated stillness of the black-and-white <em>Untitled Qajar</em> series, through the vivid still lifes of <em>Nil Nil</em>, to the digitally manipulated <em>Ctrl+Alt+Delete</em> and the prophetic geopolitics of <em>Seven Stones</em>. Across three decades, Ghadirian has navigated the boundaries between personal and public, tradition and modernity, and documentary and fiction.</p><p>With subversive charm and wit, she turns her lens on domesticity, authority and everyday life, confirming her place as one of the most original photographers of her time.</p>