26 October 2008 - 4 January 2009

This exhibition of Shirana Shahbazi's work combines photographs taken in Europe with new pictures from a recent trip to the USA. She was born in Iran and emigrated to Europe, and the question of identity is an integral part of her artistic work. In her photographs taken during trips to Berlin, Zurich and Los Angeles, subjects, scenes, places, countries and origins tend to become almost indistinguishable. Although she identifies herself as Iranian, she refuses the "orientalist" label and sees herself as belonging to the history of European photography.

Curated by Nicolas Trembley

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