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«As a photojournalist, I have always carried my camera as both a shield and a bridge to moments of intense human history. My photographs from Iran – during the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War – are more than pictures: they are a part of my life, a reflection of resilience, conflict, and the indomitable human spirit.
These photos have not been just work, but my way of witnessing and sharing the raw truths of a nation in upheaval».

Manoocher Deghati

The exhibition catalogue, published by Thesis and edited by Angelo Bertani and Claudio Cattaruzza, is available during the event or on this website shop.

Manoocher Deghati
was born in Urmia in Iran. He started out as a professional photojournalist in 1978 at the time of the Iranian Revolution and the subsequent war between his Country and Iraq.
Since being exiled from Iran in 1985, he has worked with different international press agencies and leading weeklies. His photographs bear unflinching testimony to war’s horror and absurdity but also to the less obvious aspects of people and social situations.
He created and headed the Photo Unit of the United Nations Humanitarian Press Agency and the AINA Photojournalism Institute in Afghanistan, and was the photographic director of France-Press and Associated Press.
The quality of his work has won him numerous prizes, including the World Press Photo (first prize in 1984 and third prize 1986) and the Fuji Prize.

Angelo Bertani

An art critic and art historian, Angelo Bertani was artistic director of the annual Hic et Nunc contemporary art exhibition from 1992 to 2005.
Between 2008 and 2015 he curated a number of exhibitions focused on the sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia and in 2016 the exhibition Elettrodomesticità. Design e innovazione nel Nord-Est da Zanussi a Electrolux. He has collaborated with the Pordenone Cultural Initiatives Centre for many years and since 2006 has been in charge of visual arts initiatives organized by the Colonos Cultural Association. For Dedica Festival he has curated a number of photography exhibitions: Akintunde Akinleye. Wole Soyinka and the rest of us (2012); Atiq Rahimi. L’immagine del ritorno (2018); Inti Ocon. ¡Yo estoy con vos, mi Nicaragua! (2019); Elio Ciol. Libya Infelix. Antiche rovine su cui costruire una nuova storia (2020); Ulderica Da Pozzo. Luci a Nordest; Paolo Rumiz. Gerundio inverso (2021); Mathias Énard and Pierre Marquès. Tutto sarà dimenticato (2022), Mara Fella. Amuri di petra. Lampedusa, l’isola che c’è (2023).
He is a member of the Accademia San Marco in Pordenone.