Shirin Neshat: Faezeh, from the series Women Without Men, 2009

Aperture is pleased to release a new limited-edition photograph by the artist, Shirin Neshat. Neshat's photography is featured in Aperture Issue #231: "Film & Foto". In 2009, Neshat directed her first feature-length film, Women Without Men, which received the Silver Lion Award for Best Director at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. Set in 1953 Tehran, the film is an adaptation of a magical-realist novel of the same name, written by Shahrnush Parsipur. It chronicles the lives of four women of different backgrounds immersed in inextricable political and personal turmoil, utilizing what Stephen Holden of the New York Times lauded as “intense chiaroscuro and meticulous manipulation of color . . . [surpassing] even Michael Haneke’s White Ribbon in the fierce beauty and precision of its cinematography.” This iconic film is reproduced here with a painterly softness that speaks to Neshat's masterful ability to transcend the boundaries of film and photography.