Inexplicable pictures, we all have them. Pictures that for reasons we can't define speak to us. The roadside photo above from outside Tehran is one of those inexplicable photos for me. I can't say a thing about why I like it, just that it said something about how I felt at the time. I've written in the past that it is important for photographers to keep a visual diary. This photo is definitely part of mine.
Anyone care to share and explicable photo?
Stephen Alvarez
Sewanee, TN
Iran is in the news a lot lately. The Iranian government just sent two warships to the Mediterranean and have cut off oil sales to Britain and France. I spent a month in Iran climbing last year (look for the story in the April Atlantic) and can say that it is important to make a distinction between the Iranian government and the Iranian people. Even after the well orchestrated purges following the 2009 Green revolution there is still much dissent in Iran.
Stephen Alvarez
Sewanee, TN
above a wedding near Shahmirzad, Iran
There were lots of bad things about being an American photojournalist in Iran last year. Primarily I had no freedom of movement. I could not go where I wanted to go, I could not do what I wanted to do. I really couldn't even talk to the people I wanted to. For the month I was there I was only alone in the bathroom and even then...?
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Spindrift surrounds us at 15,000 feet on Iran's Alam-Kuh. Last year's trip to Iran was full of surprises. Big mountains, difficult government, but as with most places in the world, wonderful people.
Stephen Alvarez
Sewanee, TN
