Category: Iran
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And her name is Freedom
And her name is Freedom She noticed that I was looking closely at the reliefs on a wall at Persepolis. She asked if I liked them. She was sitting on a bench and offered me some nuts. I sat down next to her and we got talking – about art, about my country, about hers.…
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V for Victory
V for Victory 1979 – …. They are waiting for the moment when the second date can be filled in – and the chapter of the Islamic Revolution in Iran can be brought to a close. The younger generation seems ready for it. For them, a new chapter begins tomorrow. The chapter of a free…
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Learn young …
Learn young … Growing up in the 1950s in the catholic south of the Netherlands, my primary school was run by friars. For girls there was a convent school. Seeing these white-hooded, charmingly looking girls I get visions of hundreds of schools full of them, condemned by the Mullahs to become budding little nuns in…
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Victory Red
Victory Red Nowhere else have I seen such importance attached to bright red lips as in Iran. Perhaps it is in honour of the 14th-century poet Hafiz, who remains hugely popular in Iran and who never tired of extolling the red colour of wine, roses and his lovers’ lips in his odes.But under the rule…
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Lipstick lips
Lipstick lips Iranian mannequins are made and used in bits and pieces. After the torsos for showing dresses and legs for leggings – see two earlier posts – it’s now the turn of heads for scarfs. Or is it lips for lipsticks? Photo of the week: Mannequin heads, Tehran, Iran 2017
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Legging legs
Legging legs Underneath the body-covering veils and the hair-covering head scarfs of Iranian women a secret, colourful, swinging world can go hidden, unnoticed by the peeping eys of the morality police. Photo of the week: Legging legs, Tehran, Iran 2017
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Window dressing
Window dressing “How beautiful … will I ever be allowed to wear a dress like this?” White dreams for ladies in black. Photo of the week: Window dressing, Tehran, Iran 2017
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