Document: Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles (6/6)

From October 2009 through January 2010, four documentary photographers—Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh, and Ramin Talaie—focused their lenses on second-generation Iranian-Americans of Los Angeles, the world’s largest population of expatriate Iranians. Document: Iranian-Americans in Los Angeles—on view at the Fowler Museum from June 6–Aug. 22, 2010—offers a selection of images by each of these photographers which consider the everyday lives of their subjects. The exhibition also addresses the processes of documentation and how they relate to the photographers’ understandings of their own hyphenated Iranian identities.

The photographs capture the varied lives and interests of LA’s Iranian-American community—from toddlers at play to an acupuncturist in the office of her Los Feliz practice, from a young man break dancing to a young woman at prayer. There are also a few recognizable figures such as public intellectual Reza Aslan and comedian Maz Jobrani.

This Sunday at Fowler Museum at UCLA is the opening day of "Document: Iranian Americans in Los Angeles" . Here's the breakdown of the schedule :

12–2 pm: Panel 1: On 'Document': Visual Anthropology, the Iranian-American diaspora, and Ethnicity in Los Angeles

Moderator: Susan Slyomovics (UCLA) Roxanne Varzi (UC Irvine) - "The Visual Document: Photographing Iran at Home and Abroad", Roger Waldinger (UCLA) - "America's New Second Generation: Experiences and Implications"Zohreh Sullivan (U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne) - "Portrait, Landscape, and Narrative" and Amy Malek (UCLA) - "The Process of Documentation: The Making of 'Document: Iranian-Americans in L.A.'"

2:20–3:50 pm: Panel 2: Artists Roundtable
Moderator: Amy Malek (UCLA)
Farhad Parsa, Arash Saedinia, Parisa Taghizadeh, Ramin Talaie

4–5:30 pm: Exhibition Opening Reception
Celebrate the opening of Document with a reception in the Goldenberg Galleria and Fowler courtyard, including a gallery tour with Malek.


Sunday June 6, 2010 Noon to 5:30 pm

Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E. Young Drive North
Los Angeles CA 90095