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Masuleh (Aznaveh)
Masuleh
US $30.00
Author: Sa'eed Mahmoudi Aznaveh
Photographer: Sa'eed Mahmoudi Aznaveh
Publication Date: First edition, 2002
Language: English-Persian
132 Pages
Format: Hardbound, 25×33 cm
ISBN: 964-306-237-6
There are many outdoor settings that are awe-inspiring to the beholder in the moment, but elusive when it comes to recording them on film. Not so with natural scenes. You have an infinite variety of options. Vistas, close-ups, mid-range photos with a portrait subject in the foreground all present exciting possibilities.
This collection is a visual safari through the Masuleh village, a two-hour drive from Rasht across rough roads. There the architecture intimately relates to the rocky, mountainous terrain of Gilan. Houses hug the cliffs, rising steeply upward, with rooftops and village streets virtually indistinguishable.
Sa'eed Mahmoudi Aznaveh, the young photographer, photographs people from eye-level for a "natural-looking" shot, and separates his subject from the background. He pictures nature as he really sees it. A tree bent under the burden of snow, a simple wedding ceremony, the chomush-maker (local shoe-maker), the unroofed bazaar and its small shops tightly huddled, and more, are loaded images. It may not be what people expect but, then again, giving people what they expect is not the goal of a true artist.
