Work
The same way of looking
Some things must be lived before they can be understood.
Practices
Each of these has run for decades. What each one is, in his own account of it; how long, in the figures below.
- 01
Calligraphy — نقاشیخط
Years spent trying to find a new relationship between word, line, colour and image.
- 02
Photography
The camera in professional work, and in teaching it to others.
- 03
Mountaineering and rock climbing
Rock and mountain — the longest-running of the physical disciplines.
- 04
The road
Long motorcycle journeys across Iran: cities and villages, mountain and desert, and roads that on no map look anything like what you meet in reality.
- 05
Guiding
Travelling in Iran and in many countries, and taking a great many routes for the route itself rather than to arrive.
- 06
Red Crescent
Several years as a volunteer relief worker — an experience that changes how a person sees responsibility, helping, and the value of human life.
On photography
Photography taught me to look before I press the shutter — to see the light, to recognise the moment, and to know that every image is part of a story.
The work is not online yet
None of the calligraphy or photography is published on this site. To see it, or to ask about a piece, write to him.