communicants: Photographs by Abbas Kiarostami, 1989. I never really learned photography. During the
communicants: Photographs by Abbas Kiarostami, 1989. I never really learned photography. During the revolution of 1979, it was impossible to make films, and I escaped from the city and found shelter in the countryside. I started making pictures, and they became like gifts to take back to people in the city. I could share the landscape with them through photography. I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns. [via] -- source link