Life, in Death
A boy in Sedeh, near Isfahan, dressed up as an angel, where people traditionally dress up their children as the 'angels of Imam Hussein'. By doing so they are thanking Imam Hussein for a wish they have made the year before and which has come true.
Every year, for nearly 1400 years Iranians commemorate the violent death of their most loved saint, Imam Hussein. While the traditional stages of remembering his death in 680 AD. are generally the same all over the country, there are local differences. Some dress up their children as angels in his name, while others cover their heads in mud.
I traveled across the country, visiting Sedeh (near Isfahan), Khorramabad (Lorestan), and Bijaar (Kurdistan) to photograph the way they mourn.
