Shaghayegh Khademi, 24, poses for the camera at a park in the north of Tehran, Iran. This image, which was taken after she was released from prison after being arrested during the protests in 2022, is featured in "Standing in the Dust." (Photo by Yalda Moaiery) A photograph of Shabnam Masoodi, 24, who was arrested on Oct.
30, 2022 in Tehran. She has since been released. (Photo by Yalda Moaiery) Maral Nakhai, a theater student, chants during a student demonstration at Tehran University on Dec.
30, 2017. (Photo by Yalda Moaiery) In her home country, Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery would never be able to put on a show like the one that was hung this week at the Sausalito Center for the Arts: photos that offer “glimpses of truth” about what life is really like in Iran, especially for women “fighting for normal rights.” “Over the past 20 years, I have devoted myself to documenting the struggles of Iranian women: their defiance against government dress codes, their relentless pursuit of education, their battles in courts for the custody of their children and their empty-handed protests in the streets.
Women’s issues and their relentless quest for freedom have dominated my work, reflecting the pervasive oppression and discrimination rooted in my gender and the patriarchal nature of my profession,” Moaiery writes in her artist statement for the exhibit. With Moaiery’s images usually accompanying news stories over the years, this will be the first time that her w.
