Sheida Soleimani, "Noon-o-namak (bread and salt)", 2021
Training the camera on their parents, three photographers renegotiate the ethics of their medium.
Sheida Soleimani is featured in Art in America’s Winter 2024 issue, in an article by Max Norman, exploring how three photographers use their work to renegotiate the ethics of their medium by focusing on their parents.
Soleimani's series Ghostwriter (2020–present) is highlighted for its deeply personal and political storytelling, created in collaboration with her parents, who fled Iran as political exiles. Using symbolic imagery and layered sets, Soleimani examines themes of memory, displacement, and resilience.
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You can read it on ARTnews here.
December 9, 2024
