An Ocean of Dreams - Tehran

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  Dominic Jan Geis, Germany

Tehran - An Ocean of Dreams
Capturing the hopes, dreams and the despair of Iran`s "Burnt Generation"
In 2011, during my second visit in Iran, I got into Tehran`s underground theatre and art culture. For this project I combined anonymized portraits of artists and activists with street views and scenes from underground performances, reflecting the despair and frustration after the suppression of the "Green Revolution" in 2009.
Behind the public veil, the off-scene in Tehran is amazingly vivid and creative, though many young people, especially artists and former activist leave the country if anyhow possible.
The photographic series was completed by writings of some of the people I met about them being activists, imprisoned, as well as about their current hopes and dreams.

*Master degree in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Heidelberg
*Professional Photographer and Photojournalist since 2008

Major Projects:
2006: Ethnography of the religious community of "Dadupanth" in Rajasthan, India. Combination of Anthropology and Photography.

2010-11 and ongoing: "An Ocean of Dreams" The Hopes and Dreams and the Despair of Iran`s "Burnt Generation" after the Green Wave 2009.

2012: Photographer and Videographer at London International Festival of Theatre: LIFT2012.

2013: International Students in Bonn.