Sculpture of whistleblowers Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden makes appearance in UK’s Parliament Square
By Admin in Photography
Steve Maanun’s image of a loon and its chick is the subject of this year’s award-winning photograph for the Loon Appreciation Week poster, an annual contest held by LoonWatch at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute at Northland College in Ashland, Wis.
“Silently Waiting” captures the educator’s favorite subject.
Maanun volunteers on Big Mantrap Lake, a loon management site that started in the mid-1980s where 20 aluminum rafts are placed each spring in loon nesting territories — an alternative to natural nests that are prone to predation, Maanun said.
It starts the day the ice melts off the lake.
“This year we had twenty-one nests that produced 45 eggs and at last count we had totaled 24 chicks,” he said.
Maanun uses an ethical approach to his subject — which starts with learning the animal’s behavior.
“Give them space and if you notice signs of discomfort with your presence, back off,” he said. “I use photo blinds and a long lens most of the time.”
Loon Appreciation Week is held annually in May to promote education about the popular birds. There is a contest each year to find a loon image for the event’s poster.
He also won the contest in 2019.
By Admin in Photography
It’s a sunny Saturday in early spring in Nashville, and Francis is about to have his portrait taken during a community event to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility.
“I’d like to do a few shirtless ones, if that’s okay,” he says, with nervous excitement. “I had top surgery and haven’t been shirtless in public yet.”
The gender-affirming body masculinization surgery that Francis is referring to is one that greatly reduces body dysphoria and saves lives. Trans individuals’ access to these surgeries has been a polarizing topic in legislatures around the country, and Tennessee is no exception. According to Trans Legislation Tracker, 22 anti-trans bills were introduced in Tennessee this session, targeting areas including health care, sports and education. One is the recently signed and passed SB 1440, which codifies into law the definition of “sex” as “determined by anatomy and genetics existing at the time of birth,” making it extremely difficult for trans individuals to change their names on their IDs. This law goes into effect on July 1.
Francis and I head to a less populated area of the park, finding a tree enveloped in cherry blossoms. He unbuttons his top and feels the sun on his chest in public for the first time as a smile covers his face. The energy is electric, and the power of trans joy, empowerment and celebration fills the space. Amid uncertainty, political polarization and debate over trans lives — beautiful, human, whole, full lives — the trans community offers hope, connection and survival. Trans joy prevails.
The individuals in these photos are residents of Nashville and surrounding areas. The photos featured here are my photos, but as a cisgender person, this is not my story. These stories are for trans people to tell and for cis people to listen and amplify. The words below come directly from the individuals in these photos.
“What brings me joy these days?
“Working in health care, cold brew with sweet foam and caramel, fighting against injustice alongside my favorite people, my perfectly created ’70s playlist, time with the people who don’t only love me but see me, watching my dog roll around in grass at the dog park, seeing growth and inclusion from cis people, finishing up my work in my patio garden with a cup of tea and a book, and going to sleep with a full heart no matter how difficult the day was. The big things, the small things, and everything in between. No matter how hard things have gotten and will continue to get without change in Tennessee, the joy within myself and my life is abundant.”
“These days, for me, joy is elusive and ephemeral. It’s become impossible for a day to go by without feeling forced to justify my right to exist, to others or even sometimes to myself. I try to find joy in sharing moments with my other trans friends, where we have an unspoken understanding of what we’re collectively and individually going through. Moments where we acknowledge, understand, appreciate and uplift each other, even in the smallest of ways, are where I look for joy.”
“Three main components are giving me joy right now. The first is the love I have for who I am and who I’m becoming. Just yesterday I smiled in front of the mirror for a while because I recognized myself. I am so proud — not just of my physical appearance but of the fact I’m living in accordance to my values and am becoming the man I want to be. The next thing giving me joy is my community. We are so strong and resilient. I am so proud of our bravery and our determination to be ourselves. We won’t be silenced. Finally, remembering that there are lots of people fighting for transgender individuals gives me a lot of hope. I rejoice at even the smaller wins. There’s a lot of hate in the world and also, I personally find that love is loud enough to drown out the noise.”
“Joy to me is still finding people and communities that love and accept me for who I am. When I meet someone new, am gendered correctly, and treated like a person, it is some of the greatest affirmation and elation I’ve ever experienced.”
“I find joy in: waking up next to my beloved, having my first sip of coffee in the mornings, being in a warm bed on a cloudy day, taking a relaxing hot shower, engaging in spiritual rituals of trans resistance, having a home to come back to after a long day of work, and finding pleasures in the small things of life.”
“I find joy in friendships new and old, in the resilience and vibrance of my queer community, in the dedicated support of my gender-affirming health-care providers, and in the creation of my TV, film and music projects. Coming out as a trans woman and being myself in the world has magnified any joy I might have experienced before by tenfold or more.”
“”Visibility for me, in this specific time, means an understanding of a lack of safety. It means showing up in this time in hopes, dreams, and organizing for a better future in which visibility isn’t such a liability. Right now I’m finding joy in: my hands in the dirt, summer seedlings getting planted, and sharing spring harvests with my community.”
“I find joy in continuing to make and maintain queer spaces where we are allowed to be ourselves. Being seen and letting my visible queerness inform other people that I exist, and that I will keep going in spite of everything.”
“Going to queer events and having people not only recognize me but are visibly excited to see me is such a source of joy. It’s a feeling I never had growing up, and it’s something that keeps bringing me back to every event and get-together that I’m physically able to be at. Being universally accepting in a community makes me want to give that same feeling to others, and it’s why I try to be as involved in the local queer and trans community as possible.”
“Visibility means seeing me beyond my identity, having my story told in all of its complexities. It means finding joy despite the violence, letting myself be vulnerable, standing up in the face of fear and letting them know that we’re not going anywhere. What’s bringing me joy right now is a little break from school, allowing me time to spend with my partner and our pets, working on my summer garden, catching up on some leisure reading, and connecting with other trans people in the Nashville area.”
“Even though our community is under attack, I’m filled with joy to watch — as not only we come together, but … as our true families, our friends and our allies join us to rise up against the injustice that stands in our way.”
“My main comfort is almost more than comfort: It’s community, because there’s nothing more hopeful than knowing you aren’t alone. It’s knowing that no matter what happens — the joys, the triumphs, the tribulations — we are together. Queer social groups like the Nashville GSA and Color Queery are helping bring us together. That’s what brings me joy.”
“I find joy in being able to say I’m comfortable with who I am, as well as in my poetry and my art.”
“It’s incredibly important to me to be visible as a trans person because I can prove to other trans people that we can thrive, even in the dark times. We can find community and grow and flourish, and that is beautiful. To me, visibility means acceptance.”
“In relation to being trans — it brings me joy to live an authentic life and feel much better and more relaxed now that I’m able to express a male gender identity. The everyday joy of being myself never wears off. Aside from gender, I’m having a great time taking the summer off of school in preparation to start my master’s degree this fall, hanging out with the almost 2-year-old I nanny, and getting to participate in musical theater.”
“To all my trans people: Love yourselves even deeper at this time. There are going to be those that don’t love you for who you are, and your resistance is celebration and joy. Dive deeper into the communities that cherish you.”
“Sometimes we need to be teachers, warriors, activists… and sometimes we just need to exist. Every day that we choose to live and show our beautiful faces and hearts to the world is an act of bravery. Visibility means continuing to show up, speak out and remind the world that … we’re not going anywhere.”
“To other trans folks: If you just stay here, no matter how hard it seems, your life can be everything you ever dreamed it to be and more, surrounded by so much queer joy.”
“Everything about my transition right now is bringing me so much joy. From the new fuzzy hairs appearing on my chin, to the way my voice still cracks sometimes, to the people who love me for me. The love I have for myself and for others is more vast and deep than ever before. My life is so much richer and more colorful than I ever could have imagined now that I’m living my authentic trans life. Life is bringing me joy right now.”
“Cisgender allies can support us by trying to listen to and believe our experiences. You can’t understand someone unless you truly listen.”
“Right now there are a lot of pressures for trans people to hide or present in more gender-conforming ways to be safe. I am visible to assert my entitlement to live a full life. It is an act of resistance.”
“We’re divine human beings. No matter what.”
***
The day ended with Rome proposing to Taylor in the same spot where they had their first date. Taylor said yes.
Trans joy prevails.
Allen is a photographer in Nashville whose work focuses on expanding visibility and documenting community.
By Admin in Printmaking
By Admin in Art World News
Wrexham’s Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are part of a new investment group that is taking a 24% equity stake in Formula One outfit Alpine, the team’s parent company, Renault, announced on Monday.
The investment group also includes Otro Capital and RedBird Capital Partners. As well as Reynolds and McElhenney, fellow actor Michael B. Jordan is a co-investor in Maximum Effort Investments – led by the “Deadpool” star – which will bring “expertise” to the new group to boost its media and marketing strategy, according to Laurent Rossi, CEO of Alpine.
The team announced that the deal will see $218 million (€200 million) injected into the British-based team, with the statement saying Alpine is now valued at $900 million.
The investment will “accelerate Alpine’s growth plans and sporting ambitions in F1,” according to the statement.
Alpine are currently fifth in this year’s F1 constructors’ championship.
“This association is an important step to enhance our performance at all levels,” said Rossi.
“First, Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partners and Maximum Effort Investments, as international players with strong track record in the sports industry, will bring their recognized expertise to boost our media and marketing strategy, essential to support our sporting performance over the long term.
“Second, the incremental revenue generated will in turn be reinvested in the team, in order to further accelerate our ‘Mountain Climber’ plan, aimed at catching up with top teams in terms of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment,” added Rossi.
Alpine’s ‘Mountain Climber’ plan is the team’s schedule to be contesting for championship titles within the space of 100 races, starting in 2022.
The group of investors have prior experience of working in sports. RedBird has been involved with the Fenway Sports Group – the owners of Premier League team Liverpool and Major League Baseball giants, the Boston Red Sox – as well as the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL and Toulouse in French football. RedBird also bought Italian soccer giants AC Milan for $1.2 billion last year.
Reynolds and McElhenney are the co-owners of Welsh soccer side, Wrexham. Since taking over the club in 2021, Wrexham has become a subject of global interest.
As well as a hit Disney+ documentary, the club secured promotion to the Football League in April, ending a 15-year stay in non-league football.
The statement says Reynolds and McElhenney’s Maximum Effort Investments will provide “successful sports and media experience and operational expertise in building high-growth companies.”
By Admin in Art World News
by Sean Hagewood | University Communication and Marketing
Image Credit:
Craig Chandler | University Communication and Marketing
June 26, 2023
More than 6,400 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2022-23 academic year.
Qualification for the Deans’ List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum number of graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans’ List for more than one college.
Following is a list of honorees by hometown, state and country. The first section is for students from Nebraska, the second is for students from elsewhere in the United States, and the third is for international students. Some international students are listed under their adopted hometowns in the United States. Some students chose not to be listed. Students in the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s College of Public Affairs and Community Service are listed in the UNO Deans’ List.
Adams:
Ainsworth:
Albion:
Alda:
Allen:
Alliance:
Alma:
Alvo:
Ames:
Amherst:
Anselmo:
Ansley:
Arapahoe:
Arlington:
Arnold:
Ashland:
Ashton:
Atkinson:
Atlanta:
Auburn:
Aurora:
Avoca:
Axtell:
Ayr:
Bartley:
Bassett:
Battle Creek:
Beatrice:
Beaver City:
Beaver Crossing:
Bee:
Bellevue:
Bellwood:
Benedict:
Benkelman:
Bennet:
Bennington:
Bertrand:
Bladen:
Blair:
Bloomfield:
Blue Hill:
Brady:
Brainard:
Bridgeport:
Broken Bow:
Brule:
Burchard:
Burwell:
Cairo:
Cambridge:
Campbell:
Carleton:
Carroll:
Cedar Bluffs:
Cedar Rapids:
Central City:
Ceresco:
Chadron:
Chappell:
Clarks:
Clarkson:
Clatonia:
Clearwater:
Coleridge:
Colon:
Columbus:
Cortland:
Cozad:
Creighton:
Creston:
Crete:
Culbertson:
Dakota City:
Dalton:
Davenport:
Davey:
David City:
Dawson:
Denton:
Deshler:
Deweese:
DeWitt:
Diller:
Dodge:
Doniphan:
Dorchester:
Douglas:
Dwight:
Eagle:
Eddyville:
Elba:
Elgin:
Elkhorn:
Elm Creek:
Elmwood:
Elsie:
Elwood:
Emerson:
Emmet:
Eustis:
Ewing:
Fairbury:
Fairfield:
Falls City:
Filley:
Firth:
Fordyce:
Fort Calhoun:
Franklin:
Fremont:
Friend:
Fullerton:
Garland:
Garrison:
Geneva:
Genoa:
Gering:
Gibbon:
Gilead:
Giltner:
Glenvil:
Gordon:
Gothenburg:
Grand Island:
Grant:
Greenwood:
Gresham:
Gretna:
Hallam:
Harrison:
Hartington:
Harvard:
Hastings:
Hebron:
Henderson:
Herman:
Hershey:
Hickman:
Hildreth:
Holdrege:
Holland:
Holmesville:
Holstein:
Hooper:
Hordville:
Hoskins:
Howells:
Humboldt:
Humphrey:
Imperial:
Ithaca:
Jackson:
Jansen:
Johnson:
Johnson Lake:
Juniata:
Kearney:
Kenesaw:
Kennard:
Kimball:
La Vista:
Lawrence:
Leigh:
Lemoyne:
Lewellen:
Lexington:
Lincoln (A):
Lincoln (B):
Lincoln (C):
Lincoln (D):
Lincoln (E):
Lincoln (F):
Lincoln (G):
Lincoln (H):
Lincoln (I):
Lincoln (J):
Lincoln (K):
Lincoln (L):
Lincoln (M):
Lincoln (N):
Lincoln (O):
Lincoln (P):
Lincoln (Q):
Lincoln (R):
Lincoln (S):
Lincoln (T):
Lincoln (U):
Lincoln (V):
Lincoln (W):
Lincoln (X):
Lincoln (Y):
Lincoln (Z):
Lindsay:
Long Pine:
Loomis:
Louisville:
Loup City:
Lynch:
Lyons:
Madison:
Malcolm:
Malmo:
Marquette:
Martell:
McCook:
Mead:
Merna:
Milford:
Miller:
Minden:
Mitchell:
Monroe:
Morse Bluff:
Mullen:
Murdock:
Murray:
Nebraska City:
Neligh:
Nelson:
Nemaha:
Newman Grove:
Norfolk:
North Bend:
North Platte:
O’Neill:
Oakland:
Oconto:
Odell:
Offutt Air Force Base:
Ogallala:
Ohiowa:
Omaha (A):
Omaha (B):
Omaha (C):
Omaha (D):
Omaha (E):
Omaha (F):
Omaha (G):
Omaha (H):
Omaha (I):
Omaha (J):
Omaha (K):
Omaha (L):
Omaha (M):
Omaha (N):
Omaha (O):
Omaha (P):
Omaha (Q):
Omaha (R):
Omaha (S):
Omaha (T):
Omaha (U):
Omaha (V):
Omaha (W):
Omaha (Y):
Omaha (Z):
Ord:
Oshkosh:
Osmond:
Otoe:
Page:
Palisade:
Palmer:
Palmyra:
Panama:
Papillion:
Pawnee City:
Paxton:
Pender:
Petersburg:
Phillips:
Pickrell:
Pierce:
Plainview:
Platte Center:
Plattsmouth:
Pleasant Dale:
Pleasanton:
Ralston:
Randolph:
Ravenna:
Raymond:
Republican City:
Richland:
Rising City:
Roca:
Rockville:
Rosalie:
Royal:
Rulo:
Rushville:
Saint Edward:
Saint Libory:
Saint Paul:
Sargent:
Schuyler:
Scottsbluff:
Scribner:
Seward:
Shelby:
Shelton:
Shickley:
Sidney:
Silver Creek:
Snyder:
South Sioux City:
Spalding:
Spencer:
Springfield:
Staplehurst:
Stapleton:
Steinauer:
Sterling:
Stratton:
Stromsburg:
Stuart:
Superior:
Sutherland:
Sutton:
Syracuse:
Tecumseh:
Tekamah:
Thurston:
Tilden:
Trumbull:
Ulysses:
Unadilla:
Union:
Upland:
Utica:
Valentine:
Valley:
Valparaiso:
Virginia:
Waco:
Wahoo:
Wakefield:
Wallace:
Walthill:
Walton:
Washington:
Waterbury:
Waterloo:
Wausa:
Waverly:
Wayne:
Weeping Water:
Wellfleet:
West Point:
Western:
Weston:
Wilber:
Winside:
Wood Lake:
Wood River:
Wymore:
Wynot:
York:
Yutan:
ALABAMA:
Enterprise:
Gardendale:
Huntsville:
Oxford:
Troy:
ALASKA:
Anchorage:
Eagle River:
ARIZONA:
Benson:
Casa Grande:
Chandler:
Clarkdale:
Eloy:
Gilbert:
Kingman:
Oro Valley:
Peoria:
Phoenix:
San Manuel:
Scottsdale:
Surprise:
Tucson:
ARKANSAS:
Hensley:
Lowell:
CALIFORNIA:
Bakersfield:
Cerritos:
Chatsworth:
Clovis:
Commerce:
Folsom:
Foothill Ranch:
Fresno:
Granite Bay:
Highland:
Lakewood:
Long Beach:
Mission Viejo:
Murrieta:
Napa:
Novato:
Oceanside:
Pleasant Hill:
Poway:
Sacramento:
San Clemente:
San Diego:
San Francisco:
San Jose:
San Luis Obispo:
San Pedro:
Santa Clarita:
Solana Beach:
Sutter:
Temecula:
Thousand Oaks:
Vacaville:
Ventura:
Walnut:
Wasco:
Winnetka:
Yorba Linda:
Yucaipa:
COLORADO:
Arvada:
Aurora:
Berthoud:
Black Hawk:
Boulder:
Breckenridge:
Brighton:
Broomfield:
Castle Pines:
Castle Rock:
Centennial:
Colorado Springs:
Denver:
Eaton:
Elizabeth:
Englewood:
Evergreen:
Fort Collins:
Fort Lupton:
Franktown:
Greeley:
Highlands Ranch:
Holyoke:
Kiowa:
Lakewood:
Laporte:
Littleton:
Lone Tree:
Longmont:
Loveland:
Manitou Springs:
Monument:
Northglenn:
Parker:
Thornton:
Timnath:
Westminster:
Windsor:
Woodland Park:
CONNECTICUT:
Broad Brook:
East Lyme:
Enfield:
Simsbury:
Weatogue:
DELAWARE:
Wilmington:
FLORIDA:
Estero:
Fort Myers:
Kissimmee:
Lithia:
Odessa:
Oviedo:
Panama City Beach:
GEORGIA:
Greensboro:
Roswell:
HAWAII:
Haleiwa:
IDAHO:
Ammon:
Challis:
Eagle:
Gooding:
Sugar City:
ILLINOIS:
Algonquin:
Alsip:
Alton:
Arlington Heights:
Aurora:
Bartlett:
Batavia:
Belvidere:
Bloomington:
Bolingbrook:
Buffalo Grove:
Carpentersville:
Cary:
Caseyville:
Cherry Valley:
Chicago:
Crete:
Crystal Lake:
Des Plaines:
Dixon:
Downers Grove:
East Galesburg:
Edwardsville:
Elburn:
Elgin:
Elk Grove Village:
Elmhurst:
Evanston:
Fairview Heights:
Flossmoor:
Frankfort:
Geneseo:
Geneva:
Gilberts:
Glen Carbon:
Glen Ellyn:
Glenview:
Grayslake:
Gurnee:
Homer Glen:
Inverness:
Jerseyville:
Johnsburg:
Joliet:
Lake Bluff:
Lake in the Hills:
Lake Villa:
Lake Zurich:
Lakemoor:
Lemont:
Libertyville:
Lisle:
Manhattan:
Manteno:
Marengo:
Mascoutah:
Mendon:
Minooka:
Monmouth:
Montgomery:
Morris:
Mount Prospect:
Naperville:
New Lenox:
Normal:
North Aurora:
O’Fallon:
Orland Park:
Ottawa:
Palatine:
Payson:
Plainfield:
Pleasant Plains:
Quincy:
Rockford:
Romeoville:
Roselle:
Round Lake:
Saint Charles:
Scales Mound:
Schaumburg:
Shiloh:
Shorewood:
Skokie:
South Beloit:
South Elgin:
Sterling:
Vernon Hills:
Wadsworth:
Wauconda:
West Dundee:
Western Springs:
Westmont:
Wheaton:
Winfield:
Woodstock:
Yorkville:
INDIANA:
Brownsburg:
Fishers:
Goshen:
Granger:
Greenwood:
Lowell:
Noblesville:
IOWA:
Algona:
Alton:
Ames:
Ankeny:
Archer:
Armstrong:
Arnolds Park:
Atlantic:
Carroll:
Carson:
Cedar Falls:
Cedar Rapids:
Clear Lake:
Clive:
Council Bluffs:
Creston:
Des Moines:
Earling:
Fairfield:
Glenwood:
Grimes:
Grundy Center:
Hamburg:
Hinton:
Hornick:
Ida Grove:
Indianola:
Iowa City:
Johnston:
Lakeside:
Lawton:
Le Mars:
Leon:
Logan:
Mapleton:
Mason City:
McClelland:
Merrill:
Missouri Valley:
Neola:
Nevada:
North Liberty:
Norwalk:
Orange City:
Otley:
Pacific Junction:
Panora:
Pella:
Rock Valley:
Runnells:
Sergeant Bluff:
Sheldon:
Shenandoah:
Sibley:
Sidney:
Sioux Center:
Sioux City:
Spencer:
Spirit Lake:
Tabor:
Turin:
Urbandale:
Van Horne:
Victor:
Wall Lake:
Waterloo:
Waukee:
Waverly:
Woodbine:
KANSAS:
Andover:
Axtell:
Baldwin City:
Basehor:
Belleville:
Berryton:
Cheney:
Clay Center:
Council Grove:
Courtland:
De Soto:
Delphos:
Derby:
Edgerton:
Eudora:
Fairway:
Fort Riley:
Gardner:
Goddard:
Hanover:
Hays:
Hesston:
Hillsboro:
Hutchinson:
Junction City:
Kansas City:
Lake Quivira:
Lansing:
Lawrence:
Leavenworth:
Leawood:
Lebanon:
Lenexa:
Lincoln:
Linwood:
Louisburg:
Manhattan:
Marysville:
Mayfield:
Minneapolis:
Olathe:
Overland Park:
Pittsburg:
Prairie Village:
Riley:
Saint Francis:
Salina:
Seneca:
Shawnee:
Spring Hill:
Sterling:
Stilwell:
Topeka:
Towanda:
Wakarusa:
Webber:
Wellington:
Wichita:
LOUISIANA:
Barksdale Air Force Base:
Covington:
Leesville:
MARYLAND:
California:
Columbia:
Ellicott City:
Odenton:
Towson:
MASSACHUSETTS:
Melrose:
Needham:
Plymouth:
Raynham:
MICHIGAN:
Allegan:
Ann Arbor:
Clarkston:
Delton:
Douglas:
Grand Blanc:
Grand Haven:
Grand Rapids:
Hamilton:
Macomb:
Plymouth:
Rochester:
Rockford:
Sterling Heights:
West Bloomfield:
Westland:
White Lake:
Whitmore Lake:
MINNESOTA:
Andover:
Apple Valley:
Backus:
Bellingham:
Blaine:
Bloomington:
Brainerd:
Brooklyn Park:
Burnsville:
Byron:
Cannon Falls:
Chanhassen:
Chaska:
Chatfield:
Cokato:
Cold Spring:
Cologne:
Cook:
Cottage Grove:
Delano:
Eagan:
Eden Prairie:
Edina:
Elk River:
Excelsior:
Farmington:
Grand Rapids:
Hadley:
Hopkins:
Inver Grove Heights:
Kasson:
Lake City:
Lake Elmo:
Lakeville:
Little Canada:
Magnolia:
Mankato:
Maple Grove:
Marine on Saint Croix:
Minneapolis:
Minnetonka:
Minnetrista:
Moorhead:
Mound:
New Richland:
Pequot Lakes:
Pierz:
Pipestone:
Plymouth:
Prior Lake:
Rochester:
Rockford:
Rosemount:
Roseville:
Saint Joseph:
Saint Paul:
Savage:
Shakopee:
Shoreview:
Sleepy Eye:
South St. Paul:
Stanchfield:
Stillwater:
Tracy:
Two Harbors:
Victoria:
Waconia:
Wayzata:
Webster:
Willmar:
Woodbury:
Zimmerman:
MISSOURI:
Ballwin:
Blue Springs:
Bridgeton:
Chesterfield:
Columbia:
Easton:
Farmington:
Foristell:
Hillsboro:
Imperial:
Independence:
Kansas City:
Kingsville:
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By Admin in Photography
She wears a black coat, a black headscarf and black boots in compliance with Iran’s Islamic dress code. But her gaze is direct and on her hands are red boxing gloves. This is the modern Iranian woman on the cover of a new photography book, Breathing Space: a woman ostensibly complying with the rules, yet standing defiant and ready to fight.
Edited by the curator Anahita Ghabaian, who founded the Silk Road Gallery, Tehran’s first space dedicated to contemporary photography, Breathing Space showcases the work of 23 female Iranian photographers across three generations. The images span documentary and reportage to portraits and staged scenes, and offer a female lens through which to see the country at a time when Iranian women’s fight for their rights has come to the attention of the world.
Recent protests have highlighted the depth of repression and discrimination. When 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died last September after being taken in for “bad hijab” by the nation’s “morality police”, the demonstrations that followed were led by women, and their repression has shown the world the brutality with which the Islamic Republic of Iran controls its people. And yet how is it that in Iran these women can produce work, exhibit and even find fame at home and abroad?
On a call from Tehran, Ghabaian explains that “in Iran, no one accepts all the restrictions. It is a very particular and peculiar situation here. Of course, there are many difficulties and challenges. But artists circumvent the restrictions in order to express themselves, to say what they have to say, to push the limits of what is possible. Sure, it is not like being in the UK where you are free to say what you like, but it’s also not true that because there are restrictions, everyone just shuts up and sits at home and does nothing.”
Iran’s long history has seen many dictatorships and invaders, and much repression, so its art is traditionally indirect, using metaphor and symbols to say things that are otherwise outlawed or unacceptable. The work of these photographers shows the latest development of this sensibility.
Common themes include the Iran-Iraq war, the sense of nostalgia and loss within modern life, and a land and climate in crisis. “The Iran-Iraq war,” says Ghabaian, has left “a deep scar on the Iranian psyche”. She points to the work of the photographer Shadi Ghadirian, who was a child during the conflict and whose series Nil Nil juxtaposes articles of war with everyday objects; Maryam Takhtkeshian’s series No Soldier Has Returned from War reflects on the personal loss her family suffered by using expired black-and-white film to create overexposed, blurred images that make the soldiers pictured unidentifiable, eerie and ghostly. Meanwhile, Solmaz Daryani’s The Eyes of Earth series is an ongoing project that charts the impact of the rapid drying up of Lake Urmia – once the Middle East’s largest saltwater lake – with apocalyptic shots of bird skeletons and discarded tyres lying in dry salt.
Although photography, especially by women, is a young art form in Iran, its evolution is apparent. As Ghabaian points out: “This is an artistic book but it’s also a historical book. We have three generations of women photographers, and what’s interesting is that the first generation, who were shooting from the late 1970s onwards”, focused on the “public: what happened in the street, what happened in the university, what happened in the factory. They don’t focus on themselves.”
From the 90s, the second generation of photographers such as Ghadirian and Newsha Tavakolian “speak more of the condition of women but without really talking about themselves”, says Ghabaian, “while the third generation, whose work is from the last few years, are really only speaking of themselves.
“I think the older generations wouldn’t have given themselves permission to talk of themselves,” says Ghabaian. “They were documenting what was happening, looking outside of themselves. Then the following generation started to set things up, to stage what they wanted to say, to look inside. We have come out of pure reportage and documentary and gone towards a sort of staged self-expression. Now our young people are like young people everywhere: they see things on the internet, on social. This generation is really open and self-aware, and they have shifted their gaze inwards.”
In spite of the breadth of the work, and the different ages and styles of the photographers, “there is a bitterness to the book, a sadness, to all the works,” says Ghabaian. “Because in Iran we have these problems and difficulties that everyone here knows about, that we don’t want to be silent about any more. This book also serves to tell the world about these challenges. It is an act of resistance.”

Rana Javadi’s When You Were Dying, 2008
“Javadi is part of the first generation of female photographers; during the 1979 revolution she was photographing what was happening in the universities. When she was not given permission to photograph the Iran-Iraq war because of her gender, she turned to studio work. This picture, with traditional textiles, represents the past and emphasises the power of nostalgia. Yet she has placed a mirror on the image, too, and reflected in there is a plant, a sign of hope.”
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Nazli Abbaspour’s Reincarnation, 2017-2019
“Several photographers have nostalgia; maybe because the present is so difficult. Abbaspour uses her own family photos and adds elements such as the butterfly, representing delicacy and brevity of life.”

Malekeh Nayiny’s Updating a Family Album, 2004
“Nayiny takes old, faded pictures and adds strange elements to them, making them bright and colourful,” says Anahita Ghabaian. “So while it contains much nostalgia – which we all suffer from in Iran – it also brings joy and hope, taking away the bitterness of our yearning for a better past.”

Shadi Ghadirian’s Like Everyday, 2000-2001
“Ghadirian is a committed feminist,” says Anahita Ghabaian. “This was her protest about women not just in Iran but also the world. She realised all her wedding gifts were pans or Hoovers or colanders – all objects for doing domestic work.”
Newsha Tavakolian’s Imaginary CD cover, from the series Listen, 2010 (main image)
“It is illegal for women singers to release music under their own names. They have been made voiceless. Newsha imagines artwork for imaginary CDs and puts the woman in the very centre of the frame.”
Breathing Space: Iranian Women Photographers by Anahita Ghabaian is published by Thames & Hudson (£40) on 6 July.
Photo via AMC
Mr. Hamm is now hitched.
The Sexiest St. Louisan alive is officially off the market.
People Magazine reports that Jon Hamm got married on Saturday, tying the knot with 34-year-old actress Anna Osceola in Big Sur. The John Burroughs School alumnus, 52, has never previously been wed.
Significantly, the series that made Hamm a major star, Mad Men, filmed its series finale in Big Sur, and the then-unknown Osceola played a small role in the episode as a receptionist. The two later both found their way to 2022’s Confess, Fletch and got engaged just this March after dating for three years.
Much as tying the knot under the Arch (or at Busch Stadium?) be better for local star-gazers, we like the symmetry of returning to the spot where it all began.
So what’s not to like about this union? She’s beautiful; he’s beautiful. He’s great; she seems great. Only a total asshole would be sad about a union so, well, gorgeous.
And with that, we wish them both a lifetime of happiness — or whatever passes for a lifetime these days in Hollywood. No really! We’re happy for him! Truly!
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