13.02.2008
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As much as one may try to keep both feet firmly on the ground, dreams always rush ahead. But why keep dreams and thoughts in chains?
We carry inside us images of countries we have never set foot in. Books give flight to thoughts and form impressions. Some places form a lasting imprint in the […]
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Zoroaster, the prophet, was born approximately 4,000 BC in what is now known as Azerbaijan province. After the Arab invasion of Iran in the 7th century A.D. and the forceful conversion of the Persians to Islam, Zoroastrianism ceased to exist.
The biggest Zoroastrian communities are living today in the cities of Yazd, Kerman and Tehran […]
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After the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2004, I went to Iraq to see the aftermath of the war. I made it to Baghdad and traveled from there to the south of the country as well as to the Kurdish area.
It was the time when the gigantic war machinery had come to a […]
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After September 11th and the start of the war in Afghanistan, I traveled to Afghanistan to document the Afghan suffering during and after the war with my photos. I managed to capture part of their story and misery through the lens of my camera while I stayed in the refugee camps.
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