Abbas Kowsari. Shade of Earth, 2007.
Nominated for Shade of Earth, 2007–08.
Publicité 2.0 galerie at artdesigncafe.com. November-December 2009 focus: Prix Pictet finalists (2009).
From press pack: Abbas Kowsari documents the annual New Year (Noruz) pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of Iranians to the fronts of the eight-year long Iran-Iraq war. The pilgrims, often family members of the half a million soldiers who died, travel by bus from all over the country to where the fighting was the heaviest, a journey known as Rahian-e Noor or Caravan of Light. He has worked for over ten Iranian leading newspapers since graduating. Most have been closed down by the authorities and banned from publishing again.
> Digital chromogenic colour print, 70 x 105cm. Courtesy Abbas Kowsari and Prix Pictet.
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Abbas Kowsari | Yao Lu | Edgar Martins
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