THE PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT TWO CITIES:TEHRAN - DORTMUND (2017-2021)

Photography as a contemporary medium for documentation and communication is the focus of the multi-part, artistic-design, international development.

This was a cooperation project between The Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Faculty of Design- Director: Prof. Jörg Winde, and the University of Art, Tehran, Faculty of Visual Arts, Photography Department, Director: Dr. Mohammad Motarjemzadeh, and supported by DAAD-program "Dialog With The Islamic World"

Under the project title TWO CITIES, a series of photography workshops was conducted for students from these universities, thus enabling them to meet and exchange personal and intercultural experiences as well as academic and practical knowledge. In the photography project, two-person teams of German and Iranian students worked together, used documentary and staged approaches to create multiple-image series based on freely chosen topics, thereby visually analyzing and interpreting diverse aspects of life in the urban spaces of Dortmund and Tehran. The project’s content focuses on “urban life” in connection with photography as a medium of expression and is intended to promote communication, networking, and an awareness of commonalities resulting from the international collaboration. There were several workshops for students during the project, and 3 books of TWO-CITIES Project: 2018-2019-2021 was published during these years.

In order to increase the project’s sustainability and promote public general awareness about the project, exhibitions was organized in both cities, so that also people without relevant academic or professional backgrounds as well as other regional stakeholders were involved.