The Social Vision of Women in Contemporary Iranian Photography from a Feminist Standpoint (Case Study: Shadi Qadirian’s Works)

Feminism is a movement that, with the demand to defend the rights of women in western civilization and by using its principles and foundations, entered the arena of political and social thoughts and tried to wash away the dust of foreignness from the face of women in various fields of social life and by analyzing the factors Their inferiority, to fight against these factors, and with this goal, he devoted himself to the criticism and review of the history of art and aesthetics. The main point of feminists is to understand the analysis of cultural life in terms of the difference between men and women. Why don’t women have a role in art history? According to them, the history of art and aesthetics has never recognized women’s art and by promoting ideas and adopting specific policies, it has emphasized ignoring women’s artistic creativity instead, by placing women’s bodies for artistic creations, It has fueled the inferiority of women. Feminists have used different strategies to create works of art to deal with the history of populist art and by criticizing the philosophy and history of traditional art, they have provided the ground in the presence of more women in various art fields. Shadi Qadirian is an Iranian photographer who takes care of women’s concerns in her collections and believes that the comprehension of her works should be left to the audience.