Among Women – Showing realistic pictures of Iranian women (Gallery)

Iran, Tehran, 2013 Last check up before she is leaving home. Kimia is ready to go out. © Samaneh Koshravi

Iranians rank among the best customers of the cosmetic industry – despite the strict dress code, the obligation to wear a hijab and the lack of women’s rights. There are many stereotypes about the lives of Iranian women, complains Iranian photographer Samaneh Khosravi. One of them is the woman in a black chador. In her Among Women  and  Teenagers photo series, Khosravi shows how multifarious life in Iran is and how women have adapted their sense of fashion to the rules of the Islamic Republic.

Read also the interview with Samaneh Khosravi