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My name is Pascal Montagne and I am a television reporter for national and local television and photojournalist for the press.

I am always looking for a new subject to photograph and film. What drives me is meeting people, and bringing my own view of the world. Altruism, sensitivity, and desire to understand the world around me, and to share it, this is my daily photographic approach.

A few years ago, I decided to go to Iran, to show a variety of scenes of real life. Tradition, religion, and modernity are mixed in Iran.

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Nasir-Ol-Molk Mosque In Chiraz

Nasir-Ol-Molk Mosque In Chiraz

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I’m a photographer and journalist based in France. I am interested in otherness. This is the basis of my work, meeting other cultures, other thoughts, and other ways of living. For this reason, I decided to go to Iran to document life there.

I would like people who look at my pictures to understand that the other is not a danger, that other cultures have to be learned to be understood. You have to go towards the other.

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A Student Learns Her Lessons. 60% Of Iranian Students Are Girls

A Student Learns Her Lessons. 60% Of Iranian Students Are Girls

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Iranian Girls Taking A Selfie

Iranian Girls Taking A Selfie

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I take pleasure in capturing the image in such a way that it is aesthetic and informative.

A day as a photographer is a day of observation. You have to let things happen without interacting, without influencing, to better understand the meaning of what I photograph, to better understand the thinking of the other.

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A Girl Plays With A Skipping Rope At Home, While Her Mom Is Reading

A Girl Plays With A Skipping Rope At Home, While Her Mom Is Reading

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Shahrzad Needs An Islamic Veil In Iran, It's Mandatory Since The Islamic Revolution In 1979

Shahrzad Needs An Islamic Veil In Iran, It's Mandatory Since The Islamic Revolution In 1979

But she prefers to remove her veil at home.

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I traveled to Iran because it is one of the most unknown countries in the world. Iranian culture is thousands of years old, and the level of education in Iran is very high. It is very far from the idea that people have of Iran. I wanted to make my own impression of this country and share it with others.

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Moti Is One Of The Most Famous Instagramers In Iran

Moti Is One Of The Most Famous Instagramers In Iran

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Little Iranian Girl Waiting For Sweets

Little Iranian Girl Waiting For Sweets

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Oromia is probably what left the biggest impression on me in Iran. It is a huge lake 10 times bigger than New York, totally dried up by bad water management. An ecological drama that is also very interesting to me.

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Imam Zadeh Saleh Mausoleum, In The Norh Of Tehran

Imam Zadeh Saleh Mausoleum, In The Norh Of Tehran

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Iran Nowadays

Iran Nowadays

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Cafe In Tehran. 70's Ambient

Cafe In Tehran. 70's Ambient

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Iranian Citizens Are Intense Users Of Smartphones. Social Networks And Internet Is A Unique Space Of Liberty

Iranian Citizens Are Intense Users Of Smartphones. Social Networks And Internet Is A Unique Space Of Liberty

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A Man Washes A Carpet In Isfahan Backyard Bazar

A Man Washes A Carpet In Isfahan Backyard Bazar

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In The Tehran Subway. A Reserved Compartment For Women To Avoid Promiscuity With Men

In The Tehran Subway. A Reserved Compartment For Women To Avoid Promiscuity With Men

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Paul Beebe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ask myself that question all the time. You'll see a family and the dad and sons are dressed comfortable in shorts and basketball jerseys... Meanwhile the mom and daughters are wrapped up like burritos... It's just all misogyny...

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Sumet Phosophon
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been there. There are seat in women compartment like other compartment and women can use the men compartment if they want to, usually a couple will be together in men compartment.

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Meeow
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are men are sitting down and women can't, it's a shame!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who says women can't? You can look up pics of Tehran subway women's coach. I assume, they get more crowded as women's coaches are lesser in number than general coaches, hence many women have to stand.

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Zahra Mohaveri
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a woman you can choose to travel in that section or not. It's there to save them from sexual harassment not to avoid "Promiscuity With Men". Still sad; but don't misrepresent the facts.

Blue Cicada
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We don't like the idea of separate sections in the West, but it would be nice to have the _option_ of less testosterone-ey cars!

Pascal Montagne
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tehran subway is like Tokyo subway : very clean, very quiet, it's really different from Paris subway!.

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A Father And His Daughter Pray Together In The Mosque

A Father And His Daughter Pray Together In The Mosque

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Girls And Flowers

Girls And Flowers

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A Woman Walks In Kashan

A Woman Walks In Kashan

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Theater Is A Meaning Of Expression For Young People In A Very Conservative Society

Theater Is A Meaning Of Expression For Young People In A Very Conservative Society

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Three Dummies In The Secret Cia Meeting Room, In The Former United States Embassy In Tehran

Three Dummies In The Secret Cia Meeting Room, In The Former United States Embassy In Tehran

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Girl Stuff In Tehran

Girl Stuff In Tehran

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Prayers In Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque

Prayers In Imamzadeh Saleh Mosque

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During The Hussein Memorial Days, Iranian Men Hit Their Chest In Sign Of Repentance

During The Hussein Memorial Days, Iranian Men Hit Their Chest In Sign Of Repentance

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Bassidjis, The Islamic Milice, Starts A Demonstration With Pasdarans

Bassidjis, The Islamic Milice, Starts A Demonstration With Pasdarans

These guys are not friendly with foreigners.

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Islamic Propaganda

Islamic Propaganda

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Imam Hussein Mourning. Mourners Are Beating Their Chests For Imam Hussein Shahadat (Martyr) Anniversary

Imam Hussein Mourning. Mourners Are Beating Their Chests For Imam Hussein Shahadat (Martyr) Anniversary

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