© Paolo Woods "Walk on me", 2006-2009
The new exhibition space at Pier No. 1 Vevey This
"WALK ON MY EYES" by Paolo Woods, a personal and intimate portrait of contemporary Iranian society.
Begun in 2005, when the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, "Work on my eyes" looks at national identity and the sometimes adversarial relationship between tradition and the desire for freedom in this country. Photographs by Paolo Woods break stereotypes to show Iran in all its diversity. "I wanted to show that the Iranians may be amazing, crazy, bold, insolent and discontented, and that therefore they are not a homogenous block as the regime would have us believe. As explained himself Paolo Woods, the theatrical nature and complexity of Persian society that led him to this series of photographs.
This work was presented at the Rencontres d'Arles past and has been published by Editions Grasset & Fasquelle, in collaboration with journalist Serge Michel.
Paolo Woods (Netherlands - 1970)
www.paolowoods.net
Born in 1970, Canadian and Dutch parents, Paolo Woods grew up in Italy. He is based in Paris and worked for ten years with newspapers and magazines such as Time, Newsweek, or the World Magazine.
Paolo Woods specializes in documentary photography work in the long term. Using it as an instrument of investigation, it poses a watchful eye on the contemporary world. Each of his subjects, always in relation to the news, generally assumed work search for several years allowing his photographs to "tell" an aspect of contemporary society.
Since 1999, they published their investigations with Serge Michel and sign all three books combining photographs and texts. Their reports on the world of oil, the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq or the conquest of Africa by China have been widely disseminated. From each of these projects are also born exhibitions complementing the publications in the international press.
In 2009, Paolo Woods participated in the 7th Grand Prix International Photography Festival organized by the Vevey Images.
In conjunction with "Walk on me," Images Festival launches in early February, the new edition of his award in photography and filmmaking.
More information from the February 7, 2011 on www.images.ch .
© Paolo Woods "Walk on me", 2006-2009
© Paolo Woods "Walk on me", 2006-2009
© Paolo Woods "Walk on me", 2006-2009
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