AFSANEH AYNESAZI,

INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER.

Afsaneh Aynesazi (b.1983) is an Iranian artist based in the US. Her journey in art began in her childhood with her grandfather Ostad Esmail Arjang--the renowned father of Iranian sculpting and etching.

Afsaneh works at the intersection of photography and mixed media. Through collage work, she problematizes objectifications inherent within photographic representation to depict the nuanced realities of Iranian women.

Her work frames ever-present coercive gazes upon women's bodies, showing the power of that gaze to dismember and reduce women's bodies to objects of desire.