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Inside Iran

By Mark Edward Harris
Foreword by Abbas Kiarostami

9 x 12 in; 208 pp ; 175 color photographs
Hardcover
Published in August, 2008
ISBN 0811863301
ISBN13 9780811863308

$35.00  

Inside Iran -- The Islamic Republic of Iran is at the center of world attention politically, socially, and culturally—but it remains largely a cipher to the West. Award-winning photographer Mark Edward Harris has traveled throughout Iran to produce the first contemporary photographic book on a place seldom seen or understood. His images of daily life offer a fascinating look at a society of juxtapositions—ancient and modern, commercial and spiritual, serene and intense, political and personal. With chapter introductions and extended captions providing context for the images, Inside Iran is a crucial look at a country whose future is likely to influence our own.

Mark Edward Harris has traveled and photographed in more than 70 countries and is the author of several books, most recently Inside North Korea. He lives in Los Angeles.

Abbas Kiarostami has written or directed more than twenty films. His film Taste of Cherry was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and international regard for his work from audiences, critics, and filmmakers such as Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, Chris Marker, and Martin Scorsese place him among the first rank of the masters of contemporary cinema. He lives in Tehran.