women without men

“The four characters (a prostitute, an activist, a cosmopolitan woman and a traditional young girl) are who I am — every one of them carries some personal dilemma, though it is not exactly autobiographical”

“Dictators have changed in form and shape and ideology, but the struggle for liberation still goes on”

Shirin Neshat

From “Mahdokht”
2004
Photograph by Larry Barns.

From “Zarin”
2005
Photograph by Larry Barns.

From “Zarin”
2005
Photograph by Larry Barns.

From “Zarin”
2005
Photograph by Larry Barns.

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/features/shirin-neshat/

http://www.eruditiononline.com/04.04/shirin_neshat_interview.htm