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Khorramshahr is about 900 miles from where he now lives with his wife Vida Zarkeshan in Tehran. It takes him between 12 and 18 hours to drive to his mother\u2019s. And that\u2019s not just because of the Iranian capital\u2019s notorious traffic jams.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on Jassem, if he stops and takes photographs,\u201d explains Zarkeshan, the English speaker in their household, who translates my questions for her husband and his answers for me. \u201cHe likes to tell the stories of his life, what\u2019s happened to him. He wants to complete the story with photographs. He likes scenarios with a beginning, ups and downs in the middle, and an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each of the photographs shown in his Home series for TMR is part of a more extensive collection of images. Considering the experience of war that trained his eye, these photographs \u2014 whether they be of himself, his pigeons, another photographer\u2019s house, or a makeshift shrine \u2014 take on a greater poignancy. For Ghazbanpour, home is where he points his camera.<\/p>\n

\u2014Malu Halasa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Special thanks to Salar Abdoh.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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