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 In the early days I didn’t mind sharing my pictures.

 

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 Some people reacted badly because it was very new for them.

 

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 Especially when an Iranian girl does it

 

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 and especially when my model is the opposite sex.

 

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 But gradually, and with lots of  explaining, they realise that

 

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 it’s possible to look at this subject  from another point of view

 

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 and eradicate the sexual clichés and stop it being a taboo and stop it being sexist.

 

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 I am Mouchette.

 

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 I work as a nude photographer in Iran.

 

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 This interest came from literature because I was  writing stories for seven or eight years.

 

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 I was under the influence of  George Bataille's erotic literature.

 

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 Then I decided to make those imaginations  in my stories come true and make them in a frame.

 

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 And because I was studying cinema  and I knew the frame,

 

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 I thought the best idea was to  portray erotic literature as an image

 

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 so I started to shoot nude photography.

 

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 Normal people in normal locations have the  possibility to get captured by a photographer.

 

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 But in this case, they're naked.

 

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 An unfit body or a body with scars.  Without being retouched.

 

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 We're living in a society in which  everything about this job is taboo

 

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 and officials are  sensitive about it.

 

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 But now these days,  with recent events,

 

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 maybe there is a space  for artists to hide.

 

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 But it's risky and we should take care. It's not only us.

 

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 I should take care of my models so they don't face any problems.

 

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 It's even more important than  the photographer themself.

 

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 I agree that the subject of the body  and capturing it is very taboo

 

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 but when I wanted to start doing this,  I didn’t think about it at all.

 

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 In the beginning it was so hard.

 

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 I had to find people who were  already interested in this topic

 

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 and we talked to each other.

 

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 Then when we become friends and  can have a conversation,

 

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 we look for the location.

 

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 My first rule for the location is to have good light,  because I never use artificial light.

 

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 I think I act very professionally when I work.

 

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 Even if I need to touch them to change their  position, I'll ask the model first to be sure.

 

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 And then without planning any composition  I start shooting in a very Improvised way.

 

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 But I try to capture the best possible frame.

 

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 I extract the truth and I’m not trying to make it  graceful or seem designed or like a fantasy.

 

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 I see it in a very philosophical way

 

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 and I believe that everyone's  body is a résumé of their lives.

 

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 I like this a lot because of her scars.

 

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 It's very authentic and she hasn't had any cosmetic surgery.

 

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 Here are the scars.

 

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 It really gives me a good  feeling to capture it.

 

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 My parents don’t know about it at all.

 

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 They think that I’m making movies  and doing street photography.

 

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 I don't think that they would have a bad reaction

 

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 because over the years they have come to realise  that they have a naughty daughter

 

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 who has a an erotic perspective on different things.

 

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 I suggest that everyone tries modelling sometime

 

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 because after experiencing it and seeing the photos,  something changes

 

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 and that may happen only once in a lifetime.

 

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 I think it's necessary to stay hopeful

 

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 because nowadays many negative ideas  have vanished from our art.

 

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 Now artists can make art from what  they see much more easily.

 

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 Old structures don't scare them anymore.

 

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 We are kind of progressing.

 

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 And I'm hopeful.

 

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 I want to be remembered like,  'Mouchette was completely herself'

 

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 'and she left behind her original self.'

 

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 That's the best thing for me.