From October 2009 through January 2010, four documentary photographers—Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh, and Ramin Talaie—focused their lenses on second-generation Iranian-Americans of Los Angeles, the world’s largest population of expatriate Iranians. This Galleria exhibition offers a selection of engaging images by each of these photographers considering the everyday lives of their subjects. It also addresses the processes of documentation and how they relate to the photographers' understandings of their own hyphenated Iranian identities.
See intriguing photographs capturing the varied lives and interests of LA’s Iranian American community—from toddlers at play to an acupuncturist in the office of her Los Feliz practice—including a few recognizable figures such as public intellectual Reza Aslan and comedian Maz Jobrani.
"Document: Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles" has been organized by Amy Malek, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at UCLA, with faculty adviser Susan Slyomovics, under the auspices of UCLA's G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies and through generous funding from the UCLA Council on Research, the UCLA Center for Community Partnerships, the Farhang Foundation and the Center for Near Eastern Studies. The exhibition will be on view in the Goldenberg Galleria.
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Sunday, June 6, noon–6 p.m.
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"Document: Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles"
A panel of scholars will discuss issues relating to the Iranian diaspora and visual anthropology. Next, exhibition curator Amy Malek will be joined by the four documentary photographers whose work is featured in the exhibition — Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh and Ramin Talaie — who will discuss their experiences documenting the everyday lives of second-generation Iranian Americans in Los Angeles. A gallery tour with Malek and a reception follow.
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