Hot Shots : Afshin Dehkordi
Artist Statement
While producing a new body of work on Iran, Afshin is at the time of writing also involved with: "Re-loading Images Berlin/Tehran" - an exchange of young artists working with media art, design and installation between Berlin and Tehran. It will include a preliminary weblog, a workshop, seminars, a final presentation and documentation. The exchange project will take place over a period of three weeks in both cities.
"Youth in the Countryside" - a European photography project in which 25 young photographers from eight European nations will work together. Topics attend social and cultural differences and similarities as well as the chances, changes and identity of young Europeans. The project creates a European network of photographers that contribute with their work to diversity, civil society and understanding among nations. The work will be presented to a pan-European audience through a touring exhibition and book.
Biography
Afshin came to the UK at the age of three, following the Iranian Revolution of 1978. The UK has been his adopted home ever since. He started taking images in his teens, borrowing his parents Canon AE1P. Shortly thereafter he built a darkroom at home and taught himself photography and printing.
He studied Mathematics at University College London, followed by post graduate studies at Harvard. Following a brief spell assisting he won a merit in the Association of Photographers award. His clients, commissions and publications include, the BBC, UN, the Observer, Penguin Books, Intersection Magazine and the QSM Museum.