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Behzad Leito 

I have worked with Behzad since day 1, and I am personally most comfortable when working with him.

We always come up with creative ideas together, and it’s great how we always have the chance to implement them.

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Artist: Behzad Leito

Song: Khakestari Intro

Director: Pedram F.

Made this video almost two years ago

One of my first experiences, yet my favourite one.

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Saint Joseph's Oratory

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The Keeper.

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Sunset at Victoria.

During our trip to Vancouver, August ‘16, we decided to pay a visit to Victoria. The ferries took off at around 2pm and we spent the day at Victoria. 

On our way back to Vancouver around 7pm, the sun came down and amazed everyone at the ferries, 

The beautiful light hit behind the mountains and we were some of the few lucky ones to experience the beautiful sunset that day. 

I, fortunately, had the chance to take some photos with some perfect lighting.

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Firooz Kooh

Firooz Kooh is one of the main roads leading to Shomal (North of Iran), where most people head towards for their vacation. Other roads include Chaloos, which is in my opinion of the most beautiful roads, and Haraz which is the most efficient and time saving. 

Firooz Kooh is almost as beautiful as Chaloos, but in it’s own unique way. It has little roads, like the one in the picture, leading into the mountains and small villages. 

Many historical sites can be seen during a trip through Firooz Kooh. 

We began our journey through this road on an early morning around June. And in contrast with the hot weather in Tehran, Firooz Kooh was quite cold and foggy to a certain extent that it made driving quite difficult. 

In general, it was an amazing experience and I truly recommend anyone to take this road on their way to Shomal at least once. 

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I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life

Abbas Kiarostami

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“When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”

Abbas Kiarostami, one of the greatest Iranian directors, has passed away...

Such a shame that I did not get to know his true style of work any earlier. The other day I purchased one of his books, which includes photos that he had taken through a number of years. After my purchase I did not think much about the true genre of his work, and took its simplicity as a sign of unprofessionalism in photography, regardless of his amazing work in the film industry and cinema. I thought to myself that maybe his books are only selling since he has made a name for himself, and maybe used that as a way of marketing. 

Today, after watching his interviews and documentaries, I realised that he had a very interesting style of work. His “simplicity” was his main key to success. 

In most of his movies he gave roles to ordinary people rather than choosing well knowns actors. His writings came straight from his heart and emotion played the major role in his work. His photography was drawn towards a minimal genre of art and his poems were written in simple terms yet having deep meanings. 

I have recently been reading a book which talks about the future. The author mentions how every decision every human being makes is majorly based on their emotions, and Kiarostami always succeeded in grasping the audiences’ attention through the great emotion shown in his work.

May his soul rest in peace. 

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The Grand Bazaar (Persian: Bāzār e Bozorg – بازار بزرگ‎‎) is an old historical market in Tehran, the capital of Iran.

Located at the Arg Square in Southern Tehran, it is split into several corridors over 10 km in length, each specializing in different types of goods, and has several entrances, with the main being the entrance of Sabze Meydan.

We had our visit to the Bazaar on a day off. Although the main thing about the Bazaar is the crowd and the amazing people, we got to experience something amazing, and that was the complete and vivid view of the beautiful architecture.

It was truly astonishing !! The fact that this place had been built hundreds of years ago is the major aspect which makes this place so wonderful.

Even back in the days, the architects had thought of every single thing which would make the Bazaar what it is today.

The symmetry, the curve which will lead you and make you curious to see what more there is, and the holes in the ceiling which the light travels through...every single aspect was taken into considering.

In addition, the classical Persian design had been implemented, exposing our great culture ! 

In general, one of the most beautiful places I have ever been to, and a place where you can wander around for hours and hours....

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There's a voice that doesn't use words, listen

Rumi

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این عسلارو خودتون میارین؟ نه، یه پیر مرد هست خیلی‌ هم داغونه! اون برامون میاره. خیلی‌ کار سختیه اصلا کاره ما نیست!! یارو داغونه ‌ها ولی‌ زندگیش همینه دیگه Do you bring the honey yourself? - No there's an old man who brings it for us. He's very old and not in a good shape. It's a very hard thing to do but that's his life...

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Two men sipping on tea at the Grand Bazar on a day off.

- Where are your kids ?? They left the city??

- No they’re in Tehran, they’re all working.

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At the #GrandBazar in #Tehran. This old man sat there all alone and didn’t move a muscle through the 5 minutes that I was photographing him. Came home to see the pictures that day, and his pictures became my favourites.

It’s like he represented “calmness”…

I still wonder though… Why did he sit on the cardboard box and leave the chair empty..?

Maybe he was waiting for someone long gone…