Enghelab Street: Iran 1979-1983 - by Hannah Darabi (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

One of Time Magazine's best photo book of 2019

Enghelab Street, or Revolution Street, is located in the center of the Iranian capital Tehran--a main artery in the city's cultural life with a host of bookshops. This book presents a variety of rarely seen photographic and propaganda books collected by Iranian-born, Paris-based artist Hannah Darabi (born 1981), drawing on works published between 1979 and 1983--years corresponding to the short period when freedom of speech prevailed at the end of the Shah's regime and the beginning of the Islamic government.

Darabi takes us to the heart of an intense artistic and cultural period in Iranian history in a visual essay accompanied by a critical essay by Chowra Makaremi. With its revelatory landscape of publications, Enghelab Street: Iran 1979-1983 gives us the opportunity to look at rare printed matter for the first time.

Review Quotes

[The] network of chapters offers a dynamic interplay that guides us through different interpretations of the work, rather than presenting us with a basic historical overview.--Cat Lachowskyj "LensCulture"

Engehelab Street, a Revolution through Books: Iran 1979-1983 (Spector Books) is monumental.--Brad Feuerhelm "American Suburb X"

The book shows activists, photographers, and artist experiment with what a photobook could look like and how it might communicate its intended ideas or messages.-- "Conscientious Photography"