Beneath the Chador

A tribute to Haleh Anvari and her exhibits, "Chadornama" and "Chador-dadar"

Here's Haleh Anvari and her explanations about the 2 dainty chador exhibits.

-Chadornama- (Three elememts not associated with the Iranian woman, three elements which she has in abundance.)
The chador wasn't always black, where did the color go?

-Chador-dadar-If the chador is the icon for Iran, let it meet the icons for some other nations. Chador-dadar became a live installation in every city it was photographed and ultimately revealed as much about the nature of the people it visited that it did about itself. We made it to Dubai, to the Taj Mahal, the Amber Fort in Jaipur,we went to London and joined a peace protest, we visited the Big Ben, then onto Paris,along with the city the Louvre, where we were thrown out because the hijab is a "hot button" issue and to Istanbul where the only model I could find wouldn't wear the chador because she was a secularist, so in Istanbul I became a model and she photographed!

(Note to self: I mixed the CN and CD photos, so notwithstanding the situation,
do not blame your brain, instead check on the descriptions by Haleh!)

Thanks to Haleh Anvari who is a talented photographer whose photographs show the chador, and Nusha, who is a hardworking, brave and young photojournalist.

Happy viewing! :D

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[gothgurlsuckz]

Oh God, what a beautiful video, with colourful chadors...

love it