A Report for D’Arcy

The photo series, “Report to D’Arcy” is an address to William Knox D’Arcy, a founder of Iran’s oil and petrochemical industry. By making this investment, D’Arcy achieved a very high financial return without having, even a single time, traveled to the oil-rich region of Iran. The introduction of the oil industry into Iran has had very important political and economic outcomes, and arguably it has somehow decided the destiny of the country in the contemporary era. Conversely, several generations of residents of the region who were employed by the system gained nothing from it except for the heavy workload and deprivation. This collection is the result of 9 years of photographing on the platforms of Khuzestan oil companies. By combining portraits and landscapes, efforts have been made to bring the work environment and living conditions of oil industry employees closer to reality.