CITY HEADACHE
TEHRAN
The Islamic dress code implies on women to cover their hair with a hijab and to wear a Manteau over their clothes outside. As in many other aspects of the Iranian society, this means a great deal of compromise on a daily basis.
Men do not have to follow any specific dress code but the Islamic republic does not allow shorts, long hair and tattoos.
The post-war generations’ way of handling the Iranian dress code in its own way within a society where the urban recollection of war and martyrdom is an inevitable and constant factor fascinated me so I portrayed young women and men in their different outfits: one dressed for inside, according to their desires and one for outside, adapting to the Iranian dress code.
Bahman poses for a portrait in his living room, dressed for outside
A mural of spiritual leader Khomeini on one side and a war martyr brothers on the other, in a southern Tehran residential area.
A mural of spiritual leader Khomeini and war martyrs on a building in southern Tehran.
An ambulant street vendor stands in front of a mural in downtown Tehran.
Boys play soccer on a summer afternoon in Ekbatan neighborhood, western Tehran.
A poster of Khomeini hangs on a fence on the day of the commeration of his death.
Sasan poses for a portrait in the living room, dressed for outside.
A mural of war martyrs on a building.
A mural of a war martyr on a building in downtown Tehran.
