Honorable Mention / 2024 / Portraiture / Culture

• Photographer
  Erfaneh Saidian, Oman

I have traveled several times to the indigenous regions of northeastern Iran for documentary photography of the Turkmen people.
For me, showing the current state of Turkmen women and girls has of course been a priority.
Turkmen women grow up early.
that's mean ; It should be so.
Because they are going to get married soon.
And they are going to be mothers soon; They should give birth quickly and continuously, and the responsibility of raising children is definitely with them.
And when they reach forty years old, there is only a trace of that charming youthful feminine glow left in their eyes.
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