As part of the research initiatives of the Tasvir Archive, Amirhossein Kardouni from the Dastras Photobook Platform, was invited as a guest curator to collaborate on a showcase centered on Iranian photobooks. Kardouni has also composed an essay titled ‘Evolving Narratives: Reflections on Iranian Photobooks and Their Context Since the 1990s,’ featured at the Step Gallery, Arizona State University.

The following photobooks are featured in the essay and showcased in Step Gallery:

“The Ambiguous Presence of Meaning” by Kourosh Adim 
“Hidden Land” by Sana Ahmadizadeh 
“Phantasma” by Hedieh Ahmadi 
“Gazing…” by Hamid Amlashi 
“Amnesia” by Farshid Azarang
“Tehran University of Art” by Kimia Askarian 
“Enghelab Street” by Hannah Darabi 
“Mountain Sites” by Yahya Dehghanpour
“Half-light” by Shahrzad Darafsheh 
“Out of the Ruins” by Parisa Damandan
“No Miracles Here” by Kavian Esmaeili 
“Privacy” by Alireza Fani 
“100” by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh
“The Morning When It Snowed” by Soheil Heydari 
“Melancholic Draught” by Hannaneh Heydari 
“(Portfolio)” by Katayoun Karami 
“The Hard Time” by Mohsen Rastani 
“Postcards” by Mohammadreza Mirzaei 
“Forget Me Not” by Saba Niazmand 
“Time Pulse” by Hasan Sarbakhshian 
“For You” by Bardia Salimi 
“Ekbatan: West of Tehran” by Behnam Sadighi 
“Goftare Nik” by Shirana Shahbazi 
“If You Don’t See Me” – Shahriar Tavakoli 
“The Smell of Earth and Tree” by Negar Yaghmaian 
“Exercise” Series: “Decay” by Mahoor Zahraei, “Blind Windows” by Roozbeh Maleki , and “Threshold” by Ashkan Daneshmand 

We extend our gratitude to Mohammad Mehrara and Zanyar Boloury for loaning us several rare photobooks.