Farshid Tighehsaz: “In Iran, Photojournalism is Not Recognized”

The Iranian photographer Farshid Tighehsaz is the winner of the 6Mois Photojournalism Prize. His project entitled Labyrinth reveals the intimacy of an Iranian youth fighting against poverty, depression and prohibitions. A decade of photographs that foreshadow today’s social movements.

Born in the city of Tabriz, in the North of Iran, in 1987, Farshid Tighehsaz is part of this generation that grew up after the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988). 
For 10 years, the young documentary photographer has be...

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