Four seater motorbike. Shahr Rey, Iran, 1997 Zied Ben Romdhane he is totally surrounded by

he is totally surrounded by the arms

Known for his use of garish colours and esoteric composition

normally hostile to life

‘May I open the blinds

yielded an album cover and a left a series of intimate photos of the musician with his young family

Four seater motorbike. Shahr Rey, Iran, 1997 Zied Ben Romdhane he is totally surrounded byBorn in Khash, Abbas documented the Iranian Revolution during the 1970s, bearing witness to the tumultuous events, which inspired the photographers subsequent lifes work. He left the country in 1980 and did not return for 17 years. Describing himself as a historian of the present, Abbas dedicated himself to documenting the political and social life of societies in conflict. In a career that spanned six decades, he covered wars and revolutions in