AIDA Nederland

The Children of Esfahan – Polish refugees in Iran

ISBN 9786005191394  
Publisher NAZAR
Idea Code 10414  
Price €45,00
296 p, ills bw, 18 x 25 cm
Persian/English

Documentary photographer Parisa Damandan, whose earlier work caught the lives of Iranian workers, women and prisoners, has now turned to research, aiming to preserve endangered photo archives. This book reveals one of the most precious and little known archives of all – photographer Abolqasem Jala's record of Polish refugees in Isfahan during the Second World War. International agreements saw over 100,000 Poles arrive in Iran from the Soviet Union in 1942. Jala's limpid, intimate portraits and family scenes, coupled with quotes from surviving refugees, capture a world where war and forced migration have been swept aside by the harmony, pride and hope of a newly created community.

Idea Books:  Nieuwe Herengracht 11, 1011 RK  Amsterdam, Idea Books.

Zie voor achtergrondinformatie en beelden: Project Polen in Isfahan.