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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
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Isabelle Martinetti

How anonymous photographers have documented the Iranian uprising

"Woman, Life, Freedom!" and the portrait of Mahsa Amini. Ekbatan, Tehran, 25 October, 2022. © Anonymous photographer

Perpignan – For the first time, France's Visa Pour l'Image photojournalism festival is showing an exhibition made up almost entirely of anonymous images. They are the photographic and video testimonies taken by Iranians during the mass protests that have shaken the country since the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022.

Marie Sumalla and Ghazal Golshiri, two journalists from the French daily newspaper Le Monde, collected and authenticated thousands of images featured in the exhibition entitled "Uprising in Iran".

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