Tooraj Rabbani and Amid Rashedi’s documentary explores the life works of acclaimed Iranian photographer Bahman Jaladi. More than just a retrospective of his work, the film provides a sense of the man behind the photographs as Jaladi talks about his life
... history with photography and the influence of left-wing politics on his style and content of his imagery. Edited together with images of his photos and scenes of day to day life, Jaladi discusses his work with refreshing earnestness, assessing its artistic merit, criticising images he’s unsatisfied with, and revealing the kind of photography he loves the most: what he calls ‘the unfinished picture.’ Synopsis by IMVBox.com
Tooraj Rabbani and Amid Rashedi’s documentary explores the life works of acclaimed Iranian photographer Bahman Jaladi. More than just a retrospective of his work, the film provides a sense of the man behind the photographs as Jaladi talks about his life history with photography and the influence of left-wing politics on his style and content of his imagery. Edited together with images of his photos and scenes of day to day life, Jaladi discusses his work with refreshing earnestness, assessing its artistic merit, criticising images he’s unsatisfied with, and revealing the kind of photography he loves the most: what he calls ‘the unfinished picture.’ Synopsis by IMVBox.com