23/09/2021
+ #2: Samaneh Khosravi
We cordially invite you to our second lecture series in the winter semester of 2021/22!
dESIGN12+ #2: Samaneh Khosravi
Date: 29.09.2021, 6 pm (CET)
Hosted by Prof. Jörg WINDE, Photographic Studies
Location: Iran (Digital Lecture)
Lecture Language: German
Lecture Link: https://fh-dortmund.webex.com/meet/winde
Abstract:
As a photographer born and raised in Iran, Samaneh Khosravi deals with foreign issues and the self-perception of women living in Iran. In her studies, she has had the opportunity to research several aspects of this topic and document them from different perspectives using photography. During her bachelor's studies at the Department of Design at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, she already investigated, among other things, the development of female fashion under the prevailing restrictions and religious guidelines in Iran. This artistic research resulted in a book project titled "Among Women - Schönheitsideale in Iran," published in 2015 by Kerber Verlag. Following on from this, she looked at the social perception of women within the current socio-political framework in her master's thesis "Banoo." Herefore, she accompanied various Iranian women in their daily work, whether at home as a housewife or as a co-pilot of a passenger plane in the air. Samaneh Khosravi complemented this practical work with an academic paper, "Representations of Women by Contemporary Iranian Photographers," with a particular focus on the perspectives of three photographers of different generations, placing the photographs in their socio-historical context, from which one could chronologically discern advances and regressions in women's rights.
In her lecture, she provides insight into her current photographic projects and academic work, thereby tracing the common thread that is now the basis of her future research project.
About the Speaker
Iranian photographer Samaneh Khosravi, born in 1984 in Iran, moved to Germany in 2008. She studied BA Photography and MA Fotografie - Photographic Studies at the Fachhochschule Dortmund. In 2014, she received the DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of international students studying at German universities. Her book "Among Women" was published by the renowned global art book publisher Kerber in 2015. Her images have been published in Die Zeit, Brigitte, Brigitte Wir, FAZ, NZZ, Geomini, Fluter, IHK Magazin, WIENERIN Magazin, Tagesspiegel Sonntag and Photonews, among others.
The photographer sees the main focus of her work in the field of documentary and reportage photography with a focus on Iran. Since 2017, she has been employed as a research assistant in the TWO CITIES cooperation project between Fachhochschule Dortmund and the University of Art Tehran.
Website: https://www.samaneh.de
Press Image: https://www.photographicstudies.net/details/ma-arbeit/banoo
Pamela C. Scorzin and Dexter Red
Design Department Dortmund
