Ahvaz, Iran. Female members of the ancient Sabaean Mandean religious sect perform a ritual cleansing during an annual baptism held on the banks of the Karoun River. Water is everything to the Sabaean Mandeans who are baptized in it, get married in it, and receive their last rites by the river's edge.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Bushehr, Iran. A woman wading in the Persian gulf with her son.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Tehran, Iran. A cleric and his family walking on Valiasr Street.
Fatemi, Hossein
2005
Tehran, Iran. A couple talking in the privacy of Bam-eTehran, the 'roof of Tehran.’
Fatemi, Hossein
2012
Tehran, Iran. A group of models apply makeup before a photo shoot.
Fatemi, Hossein
2012
Tehran, Iran. A group of young people relax and drink in a swimming pool in Tehran.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Tehran, Iran. A group of young women stand on a terrace at Bam-e Tehran, the 'roof of Tehran,' an area overlooking the capital. One of the young women has a dressing on her nose following plastic surgery. Iran has the highest rate of nose surgery in the world with a reported 200,000 operations taking place each year.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Tehran, Iran. A naked woman, with a tattoo at the base of her spine, lies on a bed. The woman is a prostitute working to pay for the cost of raising her two children.
Fatemi, Hossein
2010
Tehran, Iran. A view over Tehran from the Milad Tower.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Tehran, Iran. A woman prays while her friend is smoking and watching television.
Fatemi, Hossein
2013
Tehran, Iran. Female members of the Basij, a voluntary militia, stand next to a pile of AK-47s following a military parade held to mark Basij Week.
Fatemi, Hossein
2000
Tehran, Iran. Two young women, having enjoyed a drink at a party, dance together. Although unrelated men and women are forbidden to socialize together, many people ignore these strictures in the privacy of their own homes.
Fatemi, Hossein
2012
Tehran, Iran. Women being made up in a beauty salon where it is illegal for men to enter, as it is for men to do a woman's makeup.
Fatemi, Hossein
2012
Varzaneh, Isfahan Province, Iran. The mother of martyrs, those who died in the Iran-Iraq war, praying at the graves of their sons and surrounded by their portraits.
Fatemi, Hossein
2009
Varzaneh, Isfahan Province. A group of women, dressed in white chadors, crossing the Varzaneh bridge. Traditionally, in the region, white is worn to ward off evil.
Fatemi, Hossein
2009
