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The series <i>Parties</i> shows young Iranians socialising in private homes, their faces and other exposed flesh blocked out to protect their identities and also to call attention to the subversive nature of their actions under the current regime. 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Taken during President Khatami’s reformist regime (1997–2005), Ghasemi blocks out faces and exposed flesh in the pictures to protect the identities of the individuals at these unsanctioned private events. In this series, Ghasemi challenges the widely disseminated images of political suppression in his hometown Tehran that dominate western media, and favours images of energy and excitement at lively house parties.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}},{"text":"Ghasemi alters what look like ordinary, spontaneous snapshots by blocking out exposed areas of flesh. By pre-emptively censoring his own images, he protects the identity of individuals photographed at unsanctioned private parties. 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