Both the subjects here, and the photographers themselves, are compelled to remain anonymous. You can see dramatic scenes of civil rights protests from Iran last year at the Leon Gallery in Denver.
The exhibition “Woman! Life! Freedom!” borrows its title from the three-word slogan that became the rallying cry of the protesters who took to public spaces across the country starting in September 2022, and it was arranged by a U.S.-based organization called the Middle East Images Foundation.
The photos present a comprehensive portrait of the resolve that lead people into the streets, a movement that began after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Muslim who was visiting the country with her family. Amini was arrested by the “morality police” for violating the hajib code. She died two days later in a Tehran hospital.
As international news accounts vividly showed at the time, the protests were notable in the fact that women were at the forefront of the actions demanding civil rights. But scores of men joined their cause, expanding it from a women’s rights issue to a call for greater freedoms all around. That can make these photos a challenge to viewers who have to decide how to approach the exhibition. In one sense, it is an exercise in photojournalism: These are on-the-ground shots and some have appeared in respected news outlets where we expect the reporting to be unbiased. At the same time, the way they are presented here — from the protesters’ point of view — instills them with an anti-government agenda.
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