IX / Situation One / 2014 - 2015

Two people with light brown hair viewed from behind, looking into a dark space.
View from inside a car showing a street with parked cars and trees along the sidewalk.
Empty city street with buildings on both sides, leafless trees, and a single floating ball in the sky, black and white photo.
View of a street with a speed limit sign of 50, parked cars, and a bridge in the distance, seen from behind a glass window with reflections.
View from inside a car looking at a street scene with old cars, a white van, and people walking near a sidewalk, with a tree-lined background.
Black and white photo of a large group of people standing outdoors, with some wearing helmets. In the background, there is a stage with musical instruments, banners, and trees.
A hand holding a small bouquet with a pink flower, overlooking a crowd of people gathered outside a building.
People gather outdoors with vintage cars in a park-like setting with trees and a modern white tent structure.
View of a street scene through a car window, showing motorcycles and pedestrians on the street, with buildings and trees in the background.
Group of people walking across a city street, with storefronts in the background and a large stone structure on the right.
Close-up of a textured, grayish surface, likely wood or concrete.
Black and white photograph of a city street with a bus stop, glass bus shelter, and city buildings in the background.
Black and white photo of large billboards with Persian text and images, including a man with a raised hand. The billboards are on a city street with buildings, trees, and cars in the background.
Crowd of people standing in an open field with a helicopter flying overhead, trees in the background, and partially visible woman wearing a black hijab in the foreground.
A green metal gate with a chain lock, in a park with trees and benches.

This series constructs a visual dialectic between two generations and two distinct temporalities on Tehran’s Enghelab (Revolution) Street. Status One juxtaposes my father’s handheld, color snapshots from the months leading up to the 1979 Revolution with my own engineered, black-and-white long exposures of the state-organized anniversary rallies in 2023 and 2024. It is an intersection where the revolutionary moment of one generation meets the chronic stasis of another.

Nighttime cityscape with lights creating streaks, possibly a long exposure shot of a busy street or festival

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