We had coffee with the uncrowned king of Iranian war photography

by Daniel Bertina
13 January 201530 March 2022
5 min read
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Moshen Rastani (1958) grijnst breed, kijkt me indringend aan, gebaart, en legt zijn hand op zijn hart. "Wat er nu gebeurt, hier, tussen jou en mij, in dit gesprek. Dáár gaat het me om. We ontmoeten elkaar van mens tot mens. We communiceren. Via elkaars gezicht kunnen we de geheime wereld van de ander bezoeken. Zo’n camera is slechts een stuk gereedschap om dat contact voor elkaar te krijgen."
Rastani werd door het uitbreken van de Irak-Iranoorlog de fotografie in geslingerd. Hij ontpopte zich me...

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Daniel Bertina

/// Freelance cultural journalist, critic, writer and dramatist. Omnivore with a love of art, culture & media in all unfathomable gradations between obscure underground and wildly commercial mainstream. Also works for Het Parool and VPRO. And trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.View Author posts

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