May Died In June
Hadi Fallahpisheh
May Died In June
A man living amongst men, maybe thousands of them, stuffed in boxes, hung in frames, sandwiched between cardboard, and magazines and papers. A cascade of images. For lovers of beauty, there exists an exquisite panic that manifest itself in the desire to own, collect, and house all visages.
Although I've brought them together, I've never thought of the men in these pictures as having anything but masculinity in common.
To be understood without understanding is to get nothing. To understand has its own glory. The pain is good, the pursuit is good, and the failure is good. To gaze upon one of these bodies is fulfilling. Because the pictures in this series are both static and anonymous, there is a sense of being on the precipice, but never having traveled through an experience.
What we were not, they were, and the other way around. Enjoy!
Hadi Fallahpisheh
April 2017