{"product_id":"iran-a-picture-book","title":"Iran \/ A Picture Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince the 1979 revolution, Iran has developed its own image culture, with public space serving primarily as a transit zone and a screen where state-sanctioned religious ideology is projected. Pride of place is given to memorials to the first Gulf war (the Iran-Iraq War of 1980–88), which is part of the founding myth of the Islamic Republic. Between 2011 and 2014 Oliver Hartung produced a work on Iran, typological series of images depicting monuments, murals, architecture, and war cemeteries. In it he creates a portrait of an exceptionally photogenic country that is nevertheless largely unknown in the West: in Damghan a colossal ear of wheat acts as a street lamp and in Isfahan a hand grenade with an Internet symbol suggests the potential risks inherent in the world wide web. The names of the places where the photos were taken are provided in English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Limestone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56327396852092,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/4119\/8402\/files\/untitled-2026-02-07T140135.525.png?v=1770469305","url":"https:\/\/limestonebooks.org\/products\/iran-a-picture-book","provider":"Limestone Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}