Laleh Sherkat Photographing Iran, 1984-1993

Laleh Sherkat (b. 1963) is an Iranian photographer living in Craigmillar.
This exhibition presents a selection of Laleh’s early work, taken during her studies at The University of Tehran and shortly after graduating.
The photographs focus on the lives of women in Iran during the politically turbulent period that followed the Islamic Revolution in 1979. There are six series of work in the show; ‘Women in Prison,’ (1984); ‘Women at Work,’ taken in factories across Tehran between 1984-1988; ‘Morgue Workers,’ (1993); Bandari Women, (1993) and Nomad Women, (1988). There is also a selection of work taken during the last few months of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988.
These photographs have never been exhibited in the UK and offer audiences a rare glimpse into the life of women in Iran during the 1980s and early 90s.