Video: Iranian butterflies: a photo cycle about the life of Muslim women by Shadi Ghadirian
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-10 02:10
Shadi Ghadirian Is a talented photographer from Tehran. Reflecting on the problems they face women in Iran, she created a series of black and white photographs called "Miss Butterfly" … The image of a hermit weaving a web in her own home has become an eloquent symbol of the limitations women experience in everyday life.
We have already told the readers of the site Kulturologiya. RF about the work of Shadi Ghadirian. In many of his projects, the photographer demonstrates interest in the fate of women. It is amazing how diligently the “butterfly women” in the photographs do their job, with their own hands building a wall between themselves and the world around them. The cold and empty environment gives the impression of desolation, isolation, reclusiveness. According to one critic, the web is not only a recurring motif in the Miss Butterfly cycle, but also a symbol of the emerging hierarchy of social relations in Iran, in which there are many restrictions in relation to women.
For her photo cycle, Shadi Ghadirian came up with a plot that, in fact, resembles a parable. An uncomplicated story tells of a young butterfly that went astray. An insidious spider came to her aid. He offered to help her find a way to the sun, but in return asked to get him an insect for a feast. However, the brave butterfly decided to sacrifice herself in order to save others, and the spider, struck by her courage, set her free. When the butterfly asked the spider to give freedom to other insects, he did not answer her, and she spread her wings and flew away.
By the way, we have already repeatedly told our readers about other problems faced by women in the Islamic world.
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