Hashem Shakeri

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Hashem Shakeri’s Portrait of a Climate Hotspot in Iran

In the drylands of Balochistan, a photographer chronicles the art of everyday survival.

Life in Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul

Hashem Shakeri’s photographs show the texture of daily life in a place the rest of the world has seemingly forgotten.

Announcing the 2025 Aperture Portfolio Prize Shortlist 

Here are the shortlisted artists for Aperture’s annual award, which aims to spotlight new talent in contemporary photography.

In Iran, Images of a Dystopian Water Crisis

Hashem Shakeri’s pastel-hued, otherworldly photographs depict a landscape on the verge of destruction.

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Aperture Magazine No. 261, “The Craft Issue” Cover
Aperture Magazine

Aperture No. 261

Aperture’s issue on craft features photographers who make pictures the slow way—building camera obscuras, creating photograms, and laboring in traditional darkrooms to make handmade, unrepeatable forms.

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