Iran, dreams and excesses

1978, Iran rises up against the dictatorship of the Shah. Within a year, the The regime is tottering and, with the return from exile of Ayatollah Khomeini, it is giving way to the Islamic Republic. Reza and Manoocher Deghati, brothers and photojournalists Growing up in Iran in the 1950s, they reveal their archives for this book exclusives from this period. Tirelessly documenting the riots, the violent repressions, but also the hopes of an Iranian society in full mutation, they are then privileged witnesses. 40 years after the revolution, Their work gives a face to the Iranian people, who have been wounded by a theocracy that failed to deliver on the promise of a long-awaited peace. As early as 1978, Reza and Manoocher Deghati covers the beginnings and the years of the Islamic Revolution and then the hostage-taking at the American embassy in Tehran. Their images are widely taken up at the time in the international press: Newsweek, Times, Life or again Paris Match. This unique experience will forge for both of them their personal commitment and their work as photojournalists. By training literary, Rachel Deghati designs numerous editorial projects with Reza (books, exhibitions, documentaries) in the service of which she offers her pen and her vision. She also continues to practice fiction writing and poetry through her personal projects. In this book, she writes the Iranian revolution told by the two photographer brothers.