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The Iranian photographer sees both social documentary and art in his image of two girls at a bus station\nIranian photographer Mohammad Nazari was\u00a0in a bus station when he took this shot. \u201cI was just leaving a\u00a0religious ceremony in\u00a0Zanjan, which is near\u00a0the capital of Tehran, when I\u00a0happened upon this scene completely\u00a0by\u00a0chance,\u201d he says. \u201cThe glass of the\u00a0bus station separated\u00a0these two\u00a0young girls \u2013 one\u00a0with her hand outstretched and placed on the glass, the other turning to look at her. The presence of a girl without a hijab in a\u00a0crowd at an ancient religious ceremony created an interesting contrast. The feeling I\u00a0get from this photo is\u00a0very strange.\u201d
\nNazari took the photograph on a\u00a0mobile phone not out of choice but out of necessity. \u201cMy country is facing very high inflation, and cameras are very expensive, so it\u2019s practically impossible for independent photographers like me\u00a0to\u00a0buy one,\u201d he says. He\u00a0instead relies on mobile phones, adding that because this model didn\u2019t have a good enough zoom function,\u00a0he had\u00a0to get\u00a0in\u00a0close to his subects. He\u00a0later applied\u00a0some minor edits to the contrast and\u00a0saturation. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Iranian photographer sees both social documentary and art in his image of two girls at a bus station Iranian photographer Mohammad Nazari was\u00a0in a bus station when he took this shot. \u201cI was just leaving a\u00a0religious ceremony in\u00a0Zanjan, which is near\u00a0the capital of Tehran, when I\u00a0happened upon this scene completely\u00a0by\u00a0chance,\u201d he says. \u201cThe glass …<\/p>\n