Of Sea
2010

We were back again to the coastal park in Anzali. This time, though, not to take photographs but to revisit the location where I had created the series "Humans" four years ago.
Aside from the unpleasant changes that were made there, the view was almost like it was before. People sitting on the benches; some were talking, walking... Sometimes they were quiet, smoking a cigarette on their own or eating nuts and snacks together. Life is always what it is. And we were trying to access our useless emotions maybe just for the sake of the desire to retrieve a part of our memories. I had no more interest in shooting the view of humans and its fringe. Somehow I could not believe the changes that had taken place in my old beloved.
This time we preferred to go and stand on the stage, joining the people there, having nuts like everybody else there and watching the deep blue sea. In front of us, there were only humans and the infinite freedom which was amazingly impressive, yet made me thrill. Humans; they were staging a perfect "Poem/Play" among their conversations in the space between the sea and between each one of them. What I did was only a narration of that scene.
"Of sea" was created on the coastal park platforms and benches with no concern about the beauty of the images or their artistic value. By taking part, we were no more the spectators of the ones who were playing their show on the stage... we had become one of them.