WE are all here filterred, we are bloked since we show you the REAL
IRAN, just for telling you that WE EXIST, is it a great sin?, it seems
it is so, WE love to SHARE the WORLD, and WE DO so, but it's a GREAT
SIN, what about GLOBAL ISOLATION, seems it's the most favourited
tendency HERE.
The original shot belongs to kian1:
original photo:http://www.flickr.com/photos/66722202@N00/220833631/
Thank you kian1 for your SO KIND permission to work on this shot.
This photo was taken on August 8, 2006.
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Jhaan, bangkok_diary, narges_kh, Ehsan Khakbaz, and 61 other people added this photo to their favorites.
HORIZON (70 months ago | reply)
Would you tell the others about our situation HERE.
☀ Sol (70 months ago | reply)
Pretty girl, beautiful eyes.
Nice day
Letincelle (70 months ago | reply)
I just hope that very soon everything will go back to "normal". We should all have the freedom to share!
chany14 (70 months ago | reply)
the girl is so great , and your message is so horrible, what a contrast...
I wish I can do more than to let you know that I care , and that I love to see your photography - I think it is not just about the people of Iran - but about all the people in the world.
Wish you the very best - keep sharing.
Jhaan (70 months ago | reply)
What's the story, here? This girls face shows a feeling of loss; very well taken; I would like to know the details {;~}>
sepulture/is.dead/ (70 months ago | reply)
aghaye rahbar kho mishe che kard dige!
ina bayad bian "Internet" ro filter konan ham ma khalas shim az in vaziyat ham khodeshon! hala hey ma khodemono khafe konim ke chera filter shode agar tavajoh karde bashi to bazi az Resulthaye Google ham hata filter shodan ro moshahede mikoni, adam chi bege hala.
orkut, flickr va gheyre filter mishan eshkali nis dahanemono filter nakonan ke kardan zoor dare:(
sepulture/is.dead/ (70 months ago | reply)
Mr, Rahbar keep moving forever
bangkok_diary (70 months ago | reply)
Vaghean ke gerye darad in vaziyat dar Iran.
Hope to be able to see you all again soon , without Flickr being filtered in Iran anymore.
* Ahmad Kavousian * (70 months ago | reply)
No body's able to block others anymore Horizon, stone age is over and gates of global village is wide open to the world.
narges_kh (70 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
aromma (70 months ago | reply)
today flickr,
tomorow news sites
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and then,,,
every one ask,,,where is iran?i think i hear this name in stories,,
Ehsan Khakbaz (70 months ago | reply)
Hey uncle, it's great. the modification & the note ..
~Sage~ (70 months ago | reply)
This young girl seems melancholy, sad. But we don't know why she is so sad...
Farhang. (70 months ago | reply)
I do agree with Ahmad. The Stone Age is over forever. Flickr is filtered all over Iran, but Iran still exists, Iranian still exists. I believe WE ARE IRAN. Have they filtered us?
Alieh (70 months ago | reply)
so great and we, all , as a iranian agree with you:
" WE love to SHARE the WORLD, and WE DO so, "
T O K T A M (70 months ago | reply)
stunning!
someday ,hopefully soon, we will have a clear starry night when there are no clouds to cover the silvery moon!
jasperroz (70 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo and powerful message.
alirezanajafian (70 months ago | reply)
آمد يكي آتش سوار بيرون جهيد از اين حصار***تا بردمد خورشيد نو شب را زخود بيرون كنيد
ديوانه چون طغيان كند زنجير و زندان بركند***از زلف ليلي حلقه اي بر گردن مجنون كنيد
We Fight....We Survive....
naashna (70 months ago | reply)
Wonderful portrait!!
You are invited!
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Please add this exceptional image to:
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carf (70 months ago | reply)
Lalalian (70 months ago | reply)
The sin is not in your sharing with the world, it is in governments who are so insecure and untrusting that they will not allow people to live their lives and express themselves openly.
I pray that freedom will come soon for you all.
Mehdi Kavousian (70 months ago | reply)
With your new composition it has more influence. So beautiful girl!
.Mohammad Taheri (70 months ago | reply)
wonderful edit Horizon..
and thanks for the motive :)
Roozbeh Feiz (70 months ago | reply)
Dear Mr.HORIZON and all other friends, look at the sad irony of our world. Everyday it is becoming more difficult for us “The PEOPLE” to access information freely and impartially. Worldwide the dominance of media giants threatens “democracy” to the benefit of a few powerful groups. Locally we Iranians face even more restrictions, but the restriction of impartial information is not only within Iran. It is an astonishingly increasing risk all over the world.
In this situation the responsibilities of people like you Mr. HORIZON increases even more. Elites and intellectuals across the world should do their best to raise the social awareness of people, to help them better search, find and analyze information, free of biases and mindsets.
As the great contemporary Iranian poet “Forough Farokhzad” says: ”It is only voice that remains”, let us be together united and strong to be a louder voice. A voice to be heard, a voice to be remembered.
Christine Lebrasseur (70 months ago | reply)
:)
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Seen in the interestingness archives. (?)
3ven (70 months ago | reply)
so beautiful girl and powerfull message..she looks like Azitaa Hajiyan.do u know her?
Alp Delacroix (70 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful photo! :)
HORIZON (70 months ago | reply)
Thanks my DEAR friends.
WE are Strong
WE will Stand
WE will Survive
XXXX to ALL of you.
flaming.shoe (70 months ago | reply)
I too am an Iranian living in Europe. Everyday i hear and feel the contrasts arousing from media dis-information, or lack thereof. But where is the difference between distorted info and censorship?
Don't feel like you're confined in a pre-stone age country. I still come to Iran and everytime, of course, I can't help noticing all those differences compared to western countries; but unlike many fellow iranians, i hope that all the efforts won't bring the society towards a unique and western-oriented lifestyle. Not because one is "better than the other", they're just different. Iran has millenniums of history to preserve, it is still struggling for interior balance after almost a century of foreign economic dependancy, war, revolution. It's a hard time to live and the next future will probably carry even more tensions.
But one thing dont you ever forget: Dont expect changes to come from higher positions. It never works. Plus, when you live in a widely "cross-haired" country, even every legitimate complain becomes a support for those who know little or nothing about you and in the end finish just adding more fuel to the fire. The fire of the regime change de-stabilizers. In such hot situations, the burden is always carried by poor and innocent people.
Get people together. Love your country for what it is and has been, know your history, get discussions aflame but keep the people together. Dont divide. There is a huge variety of information flows. No one can actually stop you. Dont fall into any mental trap.
Show the beautiful sides of Iran. Tell the plain truth, through images, comments, reports. Cant reach flickr? Find another site. Quit bitching. Together you're strong. Dont let anyone divide you. Just act, proudly and non-violently, in however a small way.
Allow me to quote an inspiring quote by historian Howard Zinn, who in his "Optimism of Uncertainty" writes:
"An optimist isn't necessarily a blithe, slightly sappy whistler in the dark of our time. To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places--and there are so many--where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don't have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."
Kelly Cheng (70 months ago | reply)
Love her expression, it just touches you somewhere.
And I agree with flaming.shoe. There is more to Iran than just those that make the headlines.
Caren Hauser (70 months ago | reply)
hope to see more of your pictures in the future!!
there are some people (from both sides) who want to have a gap between the western world and the iranian world (or the arab world). They use it for their (economical and political) interests. But this doesn t work as long as the people keep on sharing their worlds. This is why sharing the world is so "dangerous" for these kind of people.
Saleh Rozati (70 months ago | reply)
wow ....really really really really really really really really really nice portrait and shot......im so sad about flitring flickr in iran
MMXXI (70 months ago | reply)
Horizon, please don't give up. Through you we have a unique oportunity to see great photos from a great country. This is priceless. Thank you.
I must also say I love this photo, how the girl was catched in a tensed, surprising moment... you can't tell if a second later she's going to cry or laugh
aba*boy (70 months ago | reply)
i think flaming.shoe's words express perfectly and better than I could have done what I think of the problem.
I am Italian, please do know my solidarity.
BlueEyes5 (70 months ago | reply)
God’s creation. Beautiful for he created us all equally. Very nice shot. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day
ms oddgers (70 months ago | reply)
I hope for our sake you find a back door to flickr, maybe a friend outside Iran who could post for you. I've just found your stream via Utata, and I'd like to see more.
A strong government does not need to isolate its population and censor their expression.
ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)
I can't believe this.
They are more stupid over there than I thought.
They don't even realize that it is people like you guys that show the world the real Iran.
That make people think twice before they talk shit about it in general.
This is way sad, makes me angry and just fits in my main mood of the day.
I'm really sorry to hear this and hope, you can soon show the world again, what a beautiful world you have over there.
ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] (70 months ago | reply)
Do you know about this side door to post?
www.flickr.mud.yahoo.com/
Girlabroad (70 months ago | reply)
Such beautiful images in your stream. I wish I'd found you earlier. Be strong... and keep taking the pictures.
I wonder if a friend abroad could help get them published in book form?
© Tatiana Cardeal (70 months ago | reply)
Wishing all is well with you,
wishing a free world, where we can be united, and not isolated.
Wishing a world where we would respect rights and life :)
Wishing a world with more love.
© Tatiana Cardeal (70 months ago | reply)
sarmax (70 months ago | reply)
you've got all my solidarity horizon and all other iranian people
Tārāz Āzhidehāk (70 months ago | reply)
Since you don't know other cultures you think they are very different, as soon as making link with others you will find yourself closer with them, because all of us are human being. this is just Politicians who make hatred among nations. These days I'm just saying with myself "what is the difference between 2000 years ago and now " just killing, already by sabre and now bombs. I'm sorry, but A Great F**k to all politicians.
Kalabird (70 months ago | reply)
You have an incredible stream and I hope that Iran can overcome this abuse of basic human rights and expression. I hope someday this is all an ancient memory...
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VeloManiac (70 months ago | reply)
Great capture, and I like your tight crop, but I think I prefer the somewhat cooler colors in the original (or perhaps something inbetween). Very touching message and the photo is a perfect illustration for it. If you ever need some help posting images just let me know.
kaydeecee (70 months ago | reply)
I believe that in every nation, everywhere in the world, it is in the nature of people to seek connections with each other, and to seek peace and stability. Our governments do not reflect that, as it is the nature of the powerful to seek greater power. They victimize all of us in the process. Must it be this way, or can we make our governments truly represent us and fulfill our need for peaceful coexistence? Horizon, thank you for SHARING the beauty of your WORLD with us.
PureMomentStudio By Arash (70 months ago | reply)
Akh nazi ! Huney ...
shapeshift (70 months ago | reply)
you are a great part of our community, HORIZON. the images you bring us are a blessing that brings us together. it is what we are about on flickr. we can only hope that other will see the light soon. funny that we talked about his on another one of your photos. let's hope your block will come come soon.
Frank Heinisch (70 months ago | reply)
for to send peace all around the world
mauriciolaya (70 months ago | reply)
La guerra es un monstruo de muchas cabezas, como medusas parecieran multiplicarse cada vez que cesa una de ellas. La guerra no tiene un universo distinto a la miseria humana. Es increible que un pueblo tan bello, tan ligado a la historia del universo, tan cercano a nuestros sentimientos cristianos, se vea incurso en esta violencia que no respeta el valor humano, una guerra ajena, que no le pertenece bajo ningún pretexto al gobierno norteamericano, que creo no errar al decir que al pueblo americano, pues estoy convencido que lejos de las absurdas desiciones de Mr Bush, hay hombres, mujeres, niños y niñas norteamericanos que repudian estas acciones salvajes, producto de la soberbia que suele arropar a estos políticos de mierda.
Siento rabia al pensar que estos niños que ahora nos muestras, mañana puedan ser solo un número en las estadísticas de los muertos y heridos por estos energúmenos, bestias humanas que con la fuerza de las armas, no de la inteligencia, mucho menos del diálogo, nos recuerdan la cercanía con las hienas.
Aplausos por esta loable labor a través de tus fotos.