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Iran in 10 iconic images

Iran’s photo history reflects the contradictions of a society where there are deep tensions between traditional and contemporary culture, between urban and rural tradition.

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Profile • Black & White

Marcel Gautherot

Marcel Gautherot was a French photographer whose photojournalistic work focused primarily, and most iconically, on architectural projects, almost exclusively in his adopted country of Brazil, from 1940 onwards.

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Profile • Portrait

Maarten Schröder

Amsterdam-based photographer, Maarten Schröder, captures deeply-absorbing portraits that are characterized by remarkable perceptivity and a masterful apperception of light and form.

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