Shirin Abedi exhibited at Next! Festival of Junge Photoszene

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Shirin Abedi exhibited her project “May I have this Dance?” as part of Next! Festival of Junge Photoszene at the Forum für Fotografie in Cologne from the 18th till 22nd of August.

“May I have this Dance?” is the story about the social change in Iran on the basis of a subculture in which dance is elementary to life. The dancers show a peaceful resistance to a patriarchal and fundamental society.
The exhibition consisted of 17 images plus a book dummy.
Photo: Shirin Abedi

As a part of the exhibition, Shirin Abedi also displayed Reyhaneh’s (one of the dancers) ballet shoes, with which she has danced for 10 years. The video screen showed videos of a public show made by the dancers in 2018.
Photo: Shirin Abedi

Shirin Abedi began the story as her final project during Photo I at DMJX in the spring 2019 and has continued to work on if after her graduation from DMJX.
Photo: Shirin Abedi

Shirin Abedi has also been nominated for the German Felix Schöller Award with her project.