SILKROAD GALLERY
Star-less: Beyond the Screen by Maryam Takhtkeshian Cinema is not alive only because of its stars. Cinema is not just that colorful image that comes to life on the screen. The Star-less series documents unseen moments behind the scenes regardless of any...
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“Visions of the East” The 19th edition of La Gacilly Photo Festival, France ©Jean-Michel Niron – Festival Photo La Gacilly 2022 The photography works of Maryam Firuzi, Ebrahim Noroozi and Hashem Shakeri has been exhibited at the 19th edition...
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SILKROAD GALLERY
Star-less: Beyond the Screen
Online Exhibition
by Maryam Takhtkeshian
July – Sep. 2022
Cinema is not alive only because of its stars. Cinema is not just that colorful image that comes to life on the screen. The Star-less series documents unseen moments behind the scenes regardless of any immediate and direct limitations and requirements of still photography; the story of the people who have marginal roles. These photos depict a purgatory that formed between the film stage and the cinema screen; a moment that history does not remember.
