STREET PORTRAIT AWARDS 2025 WINNER

Farshid Tighehsaz

A father under silent snow

Jury Statement

To me it’s a soft beautiful portrait of a man resigned to the fate of having his photo taken. In general, he doesn’t like it, but a snowflake blinds him in one eye and as he quickly reflects on the rights of man, he says to himself “why not?” He thinks that after all, “the photographer is just doing his job and he might see something beautiful in me. I’m proud and a little sad with so much dignity.” So, be it. However, the texture of the snow on the man’s coat and on his hair match so perfectly that maybe it’s a statue that fell from the sky.

Bruce Gilden