Afshin Usefi
Nationality: Iranian
Born in Isfahan, Iran, where he still resides, Afshin Usefi combines photography and speleology, chronicling a natural, underground Iran.
Creative thinking
His project focuses on women taking part in adventurous and dangerous sports.
It is inspired by an idea of a friend of his, Leila Esfandyari, who always believed that “Iranian women can do anything a man can do.”
Leila is no longer with us; she died on the Gasherbrum Massif in Pakistan in 2011.
His project focuses on women taking part in adventurous and dangerous sports.
It is inspired by an idea of a friend of his, Leila Esfandyari, who always believed that “Iranian women can do anything a man can do.”
Leila is no longer with us; she died on the Gasherbrum Massif in Pakistan in 2011.