MARIA DUARTE and JOHN GREEN review Michael, The North, Exit 8, Rose of Nevada
THEY come from different countries — Iran, Afghanistan and Russia — and each has their own unique way of expressing themselves, but what they have in common is their militancy and commitment to female emancipation and social justice.
Their powerful images are at present on show at the Festival of LaGacilly/Baden — Europe’s biggest open-air photography festival.
Thirty-seven-year-old Iranian Maryam Firuzi did not set out to become a photographer. She has a degree in calligraphy and film studies, has studied art, literature and architecture. Today, she sees herself as an artist rather than “just” a photographer.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
JOHN GREEN welcomes a remarkable study of Mozambique’s most renowned contemporary artist
RITA DI SANTO gives us a first look at some extraordinary new films that examine outsiders, migrants, belonging and social abuse
JOHN GREEN is stirred by an ambitious art project that explores solidarity and the shared memory of occupation



