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May 08, 2008

X-manhole

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Some of us are looking at the stars, I am happy taking pictures of the gutter.

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Posted by mehrdad at 05:20 PM | Photography |

March 31, 2008

Holy Ghosts

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A covered Paso in a church in Granada

Semana Santa (Holy Week) is one of the most important traditional events of Andalucia. It is celebrated in the week leading up to Easter. The week features the procession of pasos, floats of lifelike wooden sculptures of different scenes of the events of the Passion or images of the Virgin Mary or other saints.

A Paso (Spanish for Pace or Step) is an elaborate float carried by costaleros and are usually followed by a band. Some have long skirts that cover the bearers entirely, giving the impression that the statue is floating on its own power.

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Posted by mehrdad at 03:01 PM | Photography | Travelogues |

March 26, 2008

Celestial Patterns

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The patterns in Spain stay mainly in the southern plain!

>> I went pattern hunting in southern Spain. Click here to see the results.

Posted by mehrdad at 02:04 PM | Photography | Travelogues |

March 11, 2008

Cyberman

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Self portrait as a Cyborg

>> Self portrait as a Pencil
>> All eyes

Posted by mehrdad at 04:40 PM | Photography |

January 15, 2008

Neon Lights

London's neon lights and signs

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Posted by mehrdad at 01:08 PM | London | Photography |

January 14, 2008

Crack in Modern Art

Views of Shibboleth, a giant crack in the floor of the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern.

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Word of the Day: Shibboleth
1 a : a catchword or slogan used by members of a group but regarded by others as empty of real meaning
b : a commonly held belief
2 : a behavior or use of language that identifies a person as belonging to a group

Posted by mehrdad at 02:31 PM | Art | London | Photography |

January 13, 2008

City of Lights

The City of London by night

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Posted by mehrdad at 09:50 PM | London | Photography |

January 11, 2008

Discarded items

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Painting of a cigarette butt and a discarded blue Wellington boot!

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Posted by mehrdad at 04:28 PM | Photography |

December 18, 2007

Weathered Box

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Posted by mehrdad at 11:13 AM | Photography |

October 10, 2007

September 25, 2007

Top Teen City

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Photo of Jafar Aref-Adib Street in Tehran taken by H. Sharififar

My cousin Jafar fought in the Iran-Iraq War and was subsequently killed in action.

Posted by mehrdad at 01:00 PM | Photography |

September 24, 2007

Life Goes On in Tehran

>> Here is a photoblog by a former Los Angeles resident who recently moved to Tehran.

Posted by mehrdad at 06:57 PM | Photography |

September 19, 2007

City Hall


Last Sunday we went to visit London City Hall, as part of the London Open House event. City Hall is home to the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the GLA, who in July 2002 became tenants of this rounded glass building on the south bank of the Thames near Tower Bridge.

>> View the photos here

We also visited an architect's office and an old post office. Anyone interested in architecture should definitely look out for the Open House London event next year.

Posted by mehrdad at 10:16 AM | Architecture | Photography |

March 20, 2007

November 27, 2006

Leaf on windscreen

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An autumn leaf on my windscreen.

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Posted by mehrdad at 04:48 PM | Photography |

November 20, 2006

Autumn 2006


It's been a long time coming, but autumn is finally in North London.

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I have never seen a willow,
selling its shade to a meadow;
Elm happily gives its branch to the crow.
Wherever there is a leaf,
passion blossoms in me.

Sohrab Sepehri

Posted by mehrdad at 05:47 PM | Photography |

October 13, 2006

Maxzilla

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Max doing a Godzilla impression at Trafalgar Square!

Posted by mehrdad at 10:56 AM | Photography |

September 29, 2006

QNI

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Here is my sister: Queen Nadia I.

Posted by mehrdad at 12:09 PM | Photography |

September 19, 2006

Man at work

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Man at work - Highgate, North London.

Posted by mehrdad at 02:03 PM | Photography |

August 08, 2006

Stop the War

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The Stop the War demonstration on Saturday 5 August brought tens of thousands of people onto London's streets. This is unprecedented for a protest called with only one week's notice. The march started at noon at the Speaker's Corner, in Hyde Park, passed by the United States Embassy and Downing Street, and ended in Parliament Square.

The protestors placed children's shoes outside Downing Street and at the Cenotaph.

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Posted by mehrdad at 01:47 PM | Photography |

August 07, 2006

The New Gallery

A three-year-long renovation and re-design of the new V&A's Islamic Gallery has created a new home for the collection. The Jameel Gallery houses over 400 objects, including ceramics, textiles, carpets, metalwork, glass and woodwork, which date from the days of the Islamic caliphate of the 8th and 9th centuries to the years preceding the First World War. The area covered stretches from Spain in the west to Uzbekistan and Afghanistan in the east, taking in important centres of artistic production in the Arab lands, Turkey and Iran.

The highlight of the Jameel Gallery is the Ardabil Carpet, the world's oldest dated carpet and one of the largest, most beautiful and historically important in the world. Made in Iran in 1539 the carpet is the centre-piece of the new Gallery, which has been redesigned so that it can be displayed horizontally at floor level, as it would originally have been. Measuring an impressive 10.5m x 5m and described by William Morris as a design of ‘singular perfection’, it is a masterpiece of Islamic art.

>> See the photos here

Posted by mehrdad at 03:26 PM | Art | Photography |

July 31, 2006

Cooling down

This water sculpture by Danish artist Jeppe Hein is making a splash on the South Bank this summer, inviting visitors to join in and become part of it. Walls of water rise and fall randomly to divide the 10m² space into a series of smaller 'rooms': changing every ten seconds, they define all possible right-angled configurations of the space. As viewers walk through the 'rooms' they must interact with the patterns of rising and falling water if they are to leave the space without getting wet. Max got really wet!

>> See the larger photos here

Posted by mehrdad at 12:07 PM | Photography |

July 10, 2006

The Monument

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The 311 spiral steps of The Monument.

We went up to the top of The Monument. An observation deck at the top has a great view over London. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren to mark the Great Fire of London in 1666. It is the tallest freestanding stone column in the world.

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Posted by mehrdad at 04:23 PM | London | Photography |

June 30, 2006

St George’s Flags

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World Cup Fever in London!

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Posted by mehrdad at 12:37 PM | Football | Photography |

Highgate Dead Centre

Here are some photos I took last February at Highgate Cemetery - or Highgate Dead Centre as Max calls it!

Posted by mehrdad at 11:32 AM | Photography |

June 16, 2006

Rhododendrons

Azaleas and Rhododendrons: Kenwood Park, North London
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Posted by mehrdad at 02:06 PM | Journal 2006 | Photography |

May 14, 2006

Jazz Cafe

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Jazz Cafe - inside and outside - on Saturday 13 May 2006.

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Posted by mehrdad at 10:58 PM | Look-alikes | Music | Photography |

May 12, 2006

London Web Designers

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Posted by mehrdad at 01:49 PM | Photography | Work |

Art Gallery with Max

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Posted by mehrdad at 12:01 PM | Photography |

May 10, 2006

Nature's Confetti

Nature's Confetti: Spring in North London
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Posted by mehrdad at 11:10 AM | Photography |

May 04, 2006

London Aquarium

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Today I spent an afternoon with Max watching sharks & tropical fish at the London Aquarium.

>> See the photos here

>> Live webcam of sharks at the London Aquarium

Posted by mehrdad at 10:28 PM | Journal 2006 | Photography |

May 02, 2006

Exhaust

This morning Martin a mechanic from Kraków, fixed the exhaust.
>> See the photos here

Posted by mehrdad at 05:00 PM | Journal 2006 | Photography |

May 01, 2006

Magnolia hunting

This weekend we went Magnolia hunting in North London.
>> Here are the results!

Posted by mehrdad at 06:05 PM | Journal 2006 | Photography |

April 25, 2006

North Circular Road

A typical journey to work on North Circular Road (A406).
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Posted by mehrdad at 10:25 AM | Photography | Work |

April 24, 2006

Toys

Yesterday we spent few hours in Hamleys.
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Posted by mehrdad at 11:32 AM | Photography |

April 21, 2006

Kebab, Doogh, and Mobile Camera

Kebab, Doogh, and Mobile Camera
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Posted by mehrdad at 06:47 PM | Koobism | Photography |

April 19, 2006

Tourist for a day

I was a tourist for a day on Monday and soaked up London a little bit!
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Posted by mehrdad at 05:02 PM | Photography | Travelogues |

Fallout

>> The human cost of nuclear catastrophe

April 26 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Dutch photographer Robert Knoth has visited the area worst hit by radioactive fallout to document the toxic legacy of Chernobyl and other nuclear accident sites of the former Soviet Union. The Fallout exhibition runs from April 18 to May 14 at the Oxo Tower in London.

Posted by mehrdad at 10:00 AM | Photography |

April 11, 2006

Waterloo Bridge

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This is another picture I took on the London's South Bank with my mobile phone.

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And here is the same bridge by Claude Monet:

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Posted by mehrdad at 04:01 PM | Art | Photography |

April 05, 2006

Sizdah Bedar

>> 12+1 photos of Sizdah Bedar 2006 in Trent Park, North London

The thirteenth day of the Iranian New Year festival is Sizdah Bedar (meaning "thirteen outdoors"), is a day of festivity in the open, often accompanied by music and dancing. The day is usually spent at family picnics.

The thirteenth day celebrations stem from the belief of the ancient Persians that the twelve constellations in the Zodiac controlled the months of the year, and each ruled the earth for a thousand years. At the end of which, the sky and the earth collapsed in chaos. Hence, Norooz lasts twelve days and the thirteenth day represents the time of chaos when families put order aside and avoid the bad luck associated with the number thirteen by going outdoors and having picnics and parties.

At the end of the celebrations on this day, the sabzeh grown for the Haft Sin (which has symbolically collected all the sickness and bad luck) is thrown into running water to exorcise the demons (divs) from the household. It is also customary for young single women to tie the leaves of the sabzeh before discarding it, so expressing a wish to be married before the next year's Sizdah Bedar.

Posted by mehrdad at 09:45 AM | Photography |

March 24, 2006

South Bank

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This is a picture I took on the London's South Bank. Inside Out, a weekend of free music, theatre and performance of every variety, takes over the South Bank on 24 - 26 March.

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Posted by mehrdad at 11:27 AM | Photography |

February 26, 2006

The Bam Project

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A year after the earthquake in Bam, the non-profit organistaion Picture People equipped selected people with Kodak one-time-use cameras to document everyday life as the city tried to rebuild. At the end of 2005, Picture People went back to Bam to follow up the project. Cameras were handed out to some of the original participants while new people were invited to join in.
>> See the project on the Picture People website

Posted by mehrdad at 08:29 PM | Photography |

January 07, 2006

City of light by night

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Paris, the city of light, by night.
I took these pictures few days ago with my new mobile phone.

Posted by mehrdad at 06:37 PM | Photography | Travelogues |

December 09, 2005

Time's Arrow Passing By

Every year an Argentinean family goes through a private ritual and photograph themselves.
The result is moving.

Link via the eyeranian.

Posted by mehrdad at 03:15 PM | Photography |

September 21, 2005

Strongmen look-alikes

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Art imitates Life, Life imitates Art:
The top picture is of Anthony Quinn in the Federico Fellini's film La Strada.
The bottom picture is taken by a Hungarian photojournalist this year and shows an Iranian strongman in Tajrish Square, Tehran.

Posted by mehrdad at 07:57 PM | Look-alikes | Photography |

January 26, 2004

Snapshots

I love the snapshots by Medi, a 26-year-old Iranian living in Oslo, Norway.
His snapshots are glimpses of his life, with immediacy and honestly that transports us instantly into his world. His pictures remind me a bit of Wolfgang Tillmans' work.


Posted by mehrdad at 05:48 PM | Photography |

January 23, 2004

Daily dose of imagery

Sam Javanrou is an Iranian designer who lives in Toronto, Canada. In his excellent photoblog - Daily dose of imagery - he posts photos daily. Definitely worth a visit!


Posted by mehrdad at 06:07 PM | Photography |

December 09, 2003

Photographs of London

Matt Stuart's photographs of London are great. Check them out.

Posted by mehrdad at 11:28 PM | Photography |

December 05, 2003

A thousand words

Here are some shocking photographs that provides the human context to some recent crisises.

Posted by mehrdad at 12:54 PM | Photography |