Mohammadreza Mirzaei
The creative experience and appreciation for art is, without a doubt, a unifying experience across cultures and people. It is in this context that I have strong interest to learn about the work of photographers that are located in countries that at this time are less represented in the global art community. This post introduces the work of Iranian photographer Mohammadreza Mirzaei whose work is exquisitely beautiful and original. These images strip down to some of the simplest components of photography focusing on the quality of lines, the quality of the moments and a photographic composition to make the subjects both significant and insignificant at the same time.
In the words of Michale Kenna describing the work of Mohammadreza Mirzaei:
Mohammadreza Mirzaei photographs with precision and dispassion. Setting up his camera at a distance, he sees and records anonymous people, “humans”, making cameo appearances, alone or in groups, frozen against backdrops of expansive and empty white skies.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women are merely players. They have their exits and their entrances…”- William Shakespeare.
We can view Mr. Mirzaei’s photographs literally, as pure documents of time passing in a specific place at various given moments. Life goes on, people come and go, interact, continue on their separate ways, and the land and sky always remain. Or, we can look a little deeper and interpret the images allegorically, as a comment or exploration of the nature of our human condition. Mr. Mirzaei, with reserved sensibility, kindly provides us with an opportunity to quietly reflect and consider the reasons for our existence.
It is a worthy subject to ponder, and this is a worthy group of photographs. Thank you Mr. Mirzaei. - Michael Kenna
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