Behind the obstacles
Photographer: Vladimir Tereshkov
Exhibit Title: Behind the obstacles
Location: Iran
It is hard to imagine that there is a hip-hop culture in Iran, considering the tense political situation in the Middle East and the region's relations with the United States. The movement appeared in the 1990s, when hip-hop artists mainly focused on socio-political topics. This led to a quick reaction from the government: some rappers had to leave the country, and some were jailed. In 2018, I spent a month in Tehran, where I got to know rappers, beatmakers, and many other members of the movement — this is how I learned that rap in Iran exists not only in the underground, but is also developing rapidly.
Vladimir Tereshkov is a photographer, photo editor and young curator based in Moscow, Russia. He started working in photography medium and moved to St. Petersburg in 2016. He finished advanced course of the Academy of photojournalism and documentary photography “Fotografika” in 2018. Now Vladimir works on RTVI news channel in Moscow. The job of photo editor helps to be into current agenda and define his own interests as an artist. His ongoing projects are based on his photojournalistic skills and experience.
Vladimir prefers to work with longterm documentary photo projects. Main themes he is working with are social-political discourse and closed communities.
web: vovatereshkov.com
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location: Moscow, Russia
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