We're excited to announce the launch of Panjereh, a publication which offers an overview of Sheida Soleimani's personal and long-running Ghostwriter series.
"Panjereh (window or passageway) explores Sheida Soleimani’s parents’ experiences of political exile and migration as a lens to examine broader systems of geopolitics. Known for her intricate, studio-based compositions that combine photographs, props, live animals and even her own parents in surreal, magical realist scenes, Soleimani expands her practice in Panjereh with the debut of a new body of work featuring injured birds. These images draw from her work as a wildlife rehabilitator and founder of Congress of the Birds, a federally licensed wild bird rehabilitation center in Rhode Island.
'In her work, Soleimani uniquely braids together the complex particularities of her family’s history, deep research into geopolitics and her inherited passion for care work into a visual language completely her own. The magically inventive spaces she creates allow for complexity in telling these stories, honoring their richness and continually unfolding nature. It is truly an honor to be presenting her first institutional solo exhibition in New York, specifically at an institution historically dedicated to photography that engages with the politics of our time.'— Elisabeth Sherman, curator of the exhibition of the same at the International Center of Photography."
Please find more information and order your copy here.