Nima Taradji Photography

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The Conventions
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Location: Chicago
Nationality: American
Biography: NIMATARADJI photography +1-312-925-3500 +1-866-701-3686 photo@nimataradji.com I am an Iranian-American editorial and documentary photographer based in Chicago, Illinois.  Cultural, social and political themes attract my curiosity. My aim is... read on
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The Conventions
Credits: nima taradji photography
Date of Work: 07/01/16 - 07/31/16
Updated: 09/18/19
Location: philadelphia
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What I find funny about The Conventions is not really funny, but it is funny. In fact, it would be really funny if it all was not so real and the outcome would not be affecting so many people. Folks get together and decide who will harm them the least and chose him or her as their leader for the next four years... possibly eight. Other folks, leading a self satisfying, self absorbed life compete against other self satisfying, self absorbed folks to be the leader who will, presumably, do the least harm.

That is about it in a nutshell.

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No War Protest - Chicago

By Nima Taradji Photography — Several hundred Chicagoan marched on the streets of Chicago calling for no war in Iran following the United States' Assassination of Ghasem..
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Living in Gorelovka

By Nima Taradji Photography — "The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for." "The Grand Inquisitor"..
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Hasankeyf: History Flooded

By Nima Taradji Photography — Hasankeyf is a 12,000-year-old village on the banks of Tigris River in Southeastern Turkey near the Syrian and Iraqi borders. It has survived the..
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God Child of Xochimilco

By Nima Taradji Photography — Xochimilco, the southern borough of Mexico City, is home to a 430-year-old image of Child Jesus (or NiñoDios) called Niñopa or..
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Red Hot Annie

By Nima Taradji Photography — Red Hot Annie, the founder and CE-Oh of the Vaudezilla Productions and Burlesque in Chicago since 2008 created one of the most successful burlesque..
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Environmental Portraits

By Nima Taradji Photography — Portaits by Nima Taradji
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Bajito y Suavecito

By Nima Taradji Photography — Text by Hector Luis Alamo   Lowrider culture began in the desert somewhere. Whether it started in the actual desert shared by El Paso, Texas..
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Shishmaref's Struggle

By Nima Taradji Photography — Shishmaref, Alaska is a remote village of about 600 people located 30 miles south of the Arctic Circle, flanked by the Chukchi Sea to the north and..
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Second Line

By Nima Taradji Photography — One of the most unique and quintessential New Orleans traditions can be found played out every Sunday in the Second Line Parade. Rooted in the..
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Guns in Schools

By Nima Taradji Photography — In Sidney, Ohio school and public safety officials have worked together over the last five years to develop an all-volunteer first responder team..
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Lost Paradise

By Nima Taradji Photography — "This people has attained riches without usury, and all the honours that can be awarded to slavery without intrigue. But they have long..
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Lucha Libre

By Nima Taradji Photography — In 2015, I started work on a personal project about Mexican Wrestling or Lucha Libre.  This sport is unique in many ways, but most commonly..
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Crucified

By Nima Taradji Photography — Via Crucis or The Living Stations of the Cross is the re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion. It has taken place since 1977 in the Pilsen..
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In Print

By Nima Taradji Photography — Editorial Publishings
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C2E2

By Nima Taradji Photography — The ninth annual C2E2 Expo wraps up at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, also known as C2E2, is..
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Lucky Seven

By Nima Taradji Photography — Lucky Seven refers to baby Ansel. After struggling through losses, Lori Sapio welcomed her “Second Rainbow Baby” on December 5,..
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Brave Ordinary Things

By Nima Taradji Photography — Brave Ordinary Things This is an ongoing project which started in 2006 and aims to show the concept of that which is unique in the midst of the..
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Road to Mayhem

By Nima Taradji Photography — Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, political rallies, media control, Democratic National Convention troubles with Bernie Sanders..
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At the Eddie Adams Workshop

By Nima Taradji Photography — Family Ingredients Family is a recipe.  It is a place where we teach our children how to cook. Family is where we come together. This series..
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Ashura

By Nima Taradji Photography — Members of the Irshad Learning Center in Naperville, Illinois, gather to commemorate Ashura. Members of Irshad Learning Center are first and second..
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Bud Billiken Parade

By Nima Taradji Photography — The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic (also known as The Bud Billiken Day Parade) is an annual parade held since 1929 in the Bronzeville/Washington..
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No Justice/No Peace

By Nima Taradji Photography — Baltimore, Maryland was the scene of civil unrest in April and May 2015. It all started with the evidently unprovoked death of a young black man,..
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Cuba's In Motion

By Nima Taradji Photography — Since the 1990s, when the collapse of the Soviet Union (and the end of decades of subsidies to its communist outpost) saw Cuba descend into..
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