Hannah Darabi (IR, 1981) is an artist-photographer born in Tehran. She studied there at the Faculty of Fine Arts, then at the University of Paris VIII-Vincennes-Saint-Denis. Today based in Paris, her country of origin remains the main subject of most of her photographic series.
In order to reveal the complex political situation of this country, she creates series in which her photographs interact with other media, such as texts, archival images or objects. The artist’s book occupies a privileged place among the other forms of representation she explores. Her books, as well as her artwork are in public and private collections, and her work Enghelab Street, A Revolution Through Books, Iran 1979-1983, published in 2019 by Spector Books and Le Bal, has received numerous awards. Soleil of Persian Square, her research-creation project involving the Iranian diaspora of Southern California and its popular music, was published by GwinZegal Art Center in 2021.
Hannah Darabi was awarded the Bernd and Hilla Becher sponsorship prize by the city of Düsseldorf for her entire artistic output in 2022, and the Madame Figaro award for her exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles in 2023.
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