Laleh Sherkat is an acclaimed Iranian photographer and former photo journalist.  She is renowned for being one of the first woman to document the Iran-Iraq war and the first to photograph female prisoners in Iran.  She is a founding member of the Iranian Photography Society and has juried and curated many photography exhibitions and competitions in Iran and Scotland.

Laleh has been involved with Art27 last year (2022) and created ‘We Are Southside’ project. Through a self-defined residency, she captured the street life of our wonderful Southside neighbourhood.

Current project: ‘Family in Migration’ – A narrative photography style to examine the presence and absence of obstacles to reach a united voice without racial discrimination and to share experiences with one another through the art of visual representation and learning how to do so through photography.

Contact Laleh by emailing laleh@art27scotland.com

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