Hashem Shakeri: Untitled, from the series The Kahur Does Not Fall Unless the Earth Wills It, Balochistan, Iran, 2018–ongoing

Aperture is proud to present a powerful, limited-edition print by Tehran-based photographer Hashem Shakeri. Recently featured in the Spring 2026 issue of Aperture magazine, “The End of Nature?,” this work stems from Shakeri’s profound documentation of the wetlands in Balochistan—a region spanning southeast Iran and bordering parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan that has been severely devastated by drought.

In this striking image from his series The Kahur Does Not Fall Unless the Earth Wills It (2018–ongoing), Shakeri shifts his lens to the youth of Balochistan. Standing at the edge of a vital water source, a young man looks out over the expanse with his back to the camera, wearing a worn, bright yellow Mohamed Salah Liverpool Football Club shirt. Amid an intensifying regional crisis, Shakeri captures a quiet moment of everyday life and endurance—a testament to what he calls “the stubborn will to live under the most unforgiving conditions.”

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