http://www.rebeccajafari.com/content-exploration-1 daily 0.75 2012-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fb28de924ac7489f45b42cf/1345229263740-6OS7Q30XCGD2J787ZJGQ/4f297ff3d09a326e43b646ce.jpeg Content Exploration http://www.rebeccajafari.com/every-day-we-wait daily 0.75 2019-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649716812-PJYD0MZ0IBNYVMGUV9PD/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_001.jpg Every day, we wait EVERY DAY, WE WAIT (2012-2017) Thousands of children live in asylum reception centres in different parts of Norway. Many of them have lived there for many years, spending most of their childhood in the centre. Every day, the children and their families wait for the answer whether they can stay or not. They all carry a story. The project has been exhibited in 10 different cities in Norway and is supported by Save the Children and Extrastiftelsen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649716812-PJYD0MZ0IBNYVMGUV9PD/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_001.jpg Every day, we wait EVERY DAY, WE WAIT (2012-2017) Thousands of children live in asylum reception centres in different parts of Norway. Many of them have lived there for many years, spending most of their childhood in the centre. Every day, the children and their families wait for the answer whether they can stay or not. They all carry a story. The project has been exhibited in 10 different cities in Norway and is supported by Save the Children and Extrastiftelsen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649716205-45V0ZB97RDI1JVBACI1X/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_002.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649720002-Z3Q81N7EL3MB6X8KNBY4/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_003.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649759509-A1H3WDE92NFYZ21TGO0M/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_019.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649724328-O1OBWVKN01X2RZ65UGU8/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_006.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649720746-N5C536J6BXAA9963OCVZ/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_004.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649729102-1OX4T8DD6E504CCEJIOJ/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_008.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649736535-R5KMV2ZZ885YXMSPQHMM/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_010.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649732467-IOJ55SXKM9GDZ6IJEVXH/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_009.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649736284-445FVXHPWAFCOTIR7M05/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_011.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649740671-57KUKNFJYZYUBGW1B0VZ/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_012.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649740173-EKKA8UP4ZSOC2D9IEB3V/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_013.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649750303-UJC23UAX6VTUS5WNKDN6/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_014.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649750140-1YINMTH5ZBCOEP8U18GF/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_015.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649753250-PHLNX66UKR9YGY6XVD5E/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_016.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649752211-GNNFSJQDJZFVC1WV7XMW/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_017.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649756127-NRF0WVOGHGGKJIBJWZYB/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_018.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1442926600429-M0IH43UAUQX1762Q9RFC/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_022.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430649760590-489BGD7BRT0ND8YPMNHA/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_020.jpg Every day, we wait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1442926621582-KK51PPFP0GUNZ9R6I3S7/Hjemmeside_f%C3%B8rst+og+fremst_027.jpg Every day, we wait https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/5545f681e4b0120074ff3990/56014feae4b0f36b5cac4119/1442927365658/ Every day, we wait http://www.rebeccajafari.com/beyond-sight daily 0.75 2019-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400850811-672OGICFX5JBVXR4K3Y9/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_001.jpg Beyond sight BEYOND SIGHT (2009) Riika Saulite (27) is born blind and has never been able to see. Still, in that darkness, she describes the most beautiful pictures and visions full of light. I spent six months with Riika getting to know her and her world. Through long talks, silence, photography and a new friendship, I slowly started to understand fragments of her visual world. She let me in and explained me her pictures and I promised I would create them for her. This photo project is the story of a young, blind and brave woman, but most of all, it is the story of a world beyond sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400850811-672OGICFX5JBVXR4K3Y9/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_001.jpg Beyond sight BEYOND SIGHT (2009) Riika Saulite (27) is born blind and has never been able to see. Still, in that darkness, she describes the most beautiful pictures and visions full of light. I spent six months with Riika getting to know her and her world. Through long talks, silence, photography and a new friendship, I slowly started to understand fragments of her visual world. She let me in and explained me her pictures and I promised I would create them for her. This photo project is the story of a young, blind and brave woman, but most of all, it is the story of a world beyond sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400852280-PUIJX9MNR2KG1VH6QVC6/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_002.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400853868-DLTGDV4WR8NHGR68FCKT/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_003.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400854388-7OG16JKEMPPE3PTYZNZU/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_004.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400857865-3ZMW9TKMC6YLXAFH98O5/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_005.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400857775-9ZSB1HF3YNTRBEK60PY5/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_006.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400860656-LFYFMGMBJP68BHJHRI1W/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_007.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400861834-A3729TFTLGCH4R0UPDUD/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_008.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400863657-SSK8GI9FRBJLPJT8S96D/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_009.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400866320-YD29QVHM2N7FEW46SRQ6/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_010.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400864808-14HT54SKPPCDG5V6SHB2/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_011.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400868726-9TSANROOBGX49A4CBVGG/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_012.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400873587-CKXT5C9K5CJDR9T08R3H/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_013.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400875238-KG8VDCPSWVKQ381XQYZN/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_014.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400876713-QKXGB3SFTQ5I1Y86VM73/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_015.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400878494-93Y2EUF92LZTR0YR7WFT/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_016.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400879320-WM0BTKXZXYLD99RIEJKO/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_017.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400880996-N5SJM09S0H331DO5FZ5Q/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_018.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400884860-C3RE3PF2N18E1FHREUT1/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_019.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400884643-0G8N6VM2OF9NMY3OC4B7/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_020.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400889489-O14ES5JQ6K6FACH0K1UJ/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_021.jpg Beyond sight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1430400888218-7OQY1JULQ24F9UH3RSOO/Hjemmeside_beyond+sight_022.jpg Beyond sight http://www.rebeccajafari.com/why-shirin daily 0.75 2019-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037986525-9ZH508603MCPOQMXLT6B/01_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? WHY SHIRIN? (2012-2016) I named her Shirin. Our daughter. A name from Iran - my father’s home country. A country where I have never been. Motherhood created a new layer to everything around me. Slowly – like the way a tree grows a new branch – something became more and more visible to me. I was longing to know my own family roots. What was me and where I belonged. The past became important for grasping what is now and what is to come. One day, in a box, I found a picture of my father’s mother from when she was young. It startled me and something changed. I found something in her eyes that I had been looking for. This project is an ongoing, long-term personal project. It is now exhibited at Henie Onstad Art Center. The story is published in Norwegian Journal of Photography #3. Thank you to NJP and Fritt Ord for support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037986525-9ZH508603MCPOQMXLT6B/01_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? WHY SHIRIN? (2012-2016) I named her Shirin. Our daughter. A name from Iran - my father’s home country. A country where I have never been. Motherhood created a new layer to everything around me. Slowly – like the way a tree grows a new branch – something became more and more visible to me. I was longing to know my own family roots. What was me and where I belonged. The past became important for grasping what is now and what is to come. One day, in a box, I found a picture of my father’s mother from when she was young. It startled me and something changed. I found something in her eyes that I had been looking for. This project is an ongoing, long-term personal project. It is now exhibited at Henie Onstad Art Center. The story is published in Norwegian Journal of Photography #3. Thank you to NJP and Fritt Ord for support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037975269-8VE8ULPHJJHDN1KL0XIZ/02_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037978417-U2M7N04OJV03PXTF3M0K/03_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565263501161-4GBRUEME0518TP42C2GZ/04_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037983160-P134QHMAMU1W9OFGES4Z/05_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493037993314-TEXBBISDQ01QEI3CUIEH/06_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038022733-KWK5QSWB9VKSA5ARWVPB/07_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038009808-41GJ5M9A24I6JU0QI6B0/08_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038021827-OJDXQLPNA0VIWFOPQ158/09_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038035294-UZFWERZY621TPMHAB350/10_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038045313-33KULIQSSHXKK0FEBYHS/11_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038045019-MYQD2MOB0ZRT5FK2APDQ/12_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038056764-9T22EPDDZ28U2V9HCNNG/13_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038062409-5K77ZH27CY6BCVSKR3WR/14_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038094924-CX95N0Q1U2RFE5349S07/15_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038073077-4VXE1LAXXS0XJJ4Y0SJ8/16_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038083058-I41ZZZ2CKSGHGOF629S3/17_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038094922-PU46OT50RPLO6X0O0DP9/18_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038113195-N9Q3167CXH6ZSWO54MH1/19_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038105945-7J88GH5RWBXDOCTWSHQS/20_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1493038121044-A2DZHGU8QI2TL36ON94E/21_Final_Rebecca.jpg Why Shirin? http://www.rebeccajafari.com/returned daily 0.75 2019-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565096232503-TWWHP0ULP1WFR4F2T1FL/11_versjon+2_hjemmesidetest.jpg Fredløs FREDLØS (2018) Fredløs is a Norwegian word meaning «without peace» or «outlaw». This project is about the lives of children, mothers and fathers from Afghanistan who have had their application for asylum rejected. They now await being sent back to Afghanistan againts their will. These people live their lifes in extreme uncertainty, with big traumas from war and the flight through Europe. Some of the children are in Norway without their parents. Afghanistan is one the most dangerous countries in the world for civilians, and especially for returned children and families. Because of the difficult situation the families and children are in, and their insecurity when returned to Afghanistan, I could not reveal their names or faces. These are the hands of people who are «Fredløs» in both meanings of the word. The project is supported by Save The Children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565096232503-TWWHP0ULP1WFR4F2T1FL/11_versjon+2_hjemmesidetest.jpg Fredløs FREDLØS (2018) Fredløs is a Norwegian word meaning «without peace» or «outlaw». This project is about the lives of children, mothers and fathers from Afghanistan who have had their application for asylum rejected. They now await being sent back to Afghanistan againts their will. These people live their lifes in extreme uncertainty, with big traumas from war and the flight through Europe. Some of the children are in Norway without their parents. Afghanistan is one the most dangerous countries in the world for civilians, and especially for returned children and families. Because of the difficult situation the families and children are in, and their insecurity when returned to Afghanistan, I could not reveal their names or faces. These are the hands of people who are «Fredløs» in both meanings of the word. The project is supported by Save The Children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565096242073-R9VOWPCJC4T9QIPBH6J4/15_versjon+2_hjemmesidetest.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260097429-4EFLKO021PKF7Z6A28ML/19_ferdig.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260133337-DGGUK497DPYW7UFCTZ2U/12_ferdig.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260854397-NOZHGVWTYFHY3G9UQ91N/Hjemmeside_Refused_15.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260883871-BKEJCL15MMEP6FNJKMIU/Hjemmeside_Refused_16.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260908636-57NX3OXQ7JTK11095UUF/Hjemmeside_Refused_17.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260934813-1VSBE71906NLDWO8ZP9V/Hjemmeside_Refused_18.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260951602-7C1AO95KLR76DCBG2ODZ/Hjemmeside_Refused_19.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260963598-S74IDPT3FGJMFUANSJ3G/Hjemmeside_Refused_20.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565260978008-5DGMMG3IL7F2IM77XJ42/Hjemmeside_Refused_22.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565262706800-UBLDOKNQJBG1YZDHYOKF/02_ferdig.jpg Fredløs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565262685701-IE6O95EHMZE2IH65ZLYM/01_ferdig.jpg Fredløs http://www.rebeccajafari.com/alt-var-a-contemplation-on-time daily 0.75 2019-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565269539993-H0HULND4IZSQYA3SMXEI/img014.jpg Remember spring REMEMBER SPRING (work in progress) A contemplation of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565269539993-H0HULND4IZSQYA3SMXEI/img014.jpg Remember spring REMEMBER SPRING (work in progress) A contemplation of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1566992838289-A2LHL51ZH5NQNGUNS0T3/img024-red.jpg Remember spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1565269546046-UDG1YVE5J6GSYAZ4WFBN/img015_red.jpg Remember spring http://www.rebeccajafari.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2022-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284106736-XRRRVPABRSJYLU9FXPKH/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_09.jpg What you (do not) see WHAT YOU (DO NOT) SEE (2021) Some of the most important moments in our lives are often left in silence. The 15 portraits of youths from H20 High school in Oslo presented as a composition consisting of photographs, texts, and audio storytelling, are an outcome of the collaborative project between camera-based artist Rebecca Shirin Jafari, drama-pedagogue Katinka Brodin, and teacher Synnøve Virhøy. The teenagers who in the past few years came to Norway from different places of the world and due to various reasons (often not easy ones) share one moment that has defined them, shaped them, or changed them. The portraits made as photo collages reveal the double narrative students have to live every day, situated between the culture of origin and Norwegian expectations. Youth's stories are all: vulnerable, personal, teenage, adult, and universal. Katinka Brodin asked the students to choose 10 important moments from their life and talk about them, then, she helped to choose one for storytelling. Rebecca Shirin Jafari first photographed the youths one by one; the students themselves chose how they wanted to be captured. After many meetings and talks, Rebecca and the students together made collages. Det du (ikke) ser can be seen through the lens of our contemporaneity that often demands from individuals to navigate across cultural/geographical/social/political borders thus questioning one's identity. And at the same time, Det du (ikke) ser tells about apparently insignificant events or decisions that in fact can shape life. Whenever we meet a new person, there are things we do not see at the first sight. And maybe, we will never give ourselves a chance to see? Det du (ikke) ser is also about listening and seeing others in an attentive and respectful way that requires time. The selected portraits of Milen, Marwa, Eimmy, Paola, and Saeed are presented in the frame of the Fotobokfestivalen 2021 after conversation and agreement with the participants. The project is a part of Den kulturelles skolesekkens skoleutviklingsmidler (SKUP). *kulturelles skolesekken Oslo (DKS Oslo), UDE og finansiert av DKS Oslo og dekomp-midler fra UDIR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284106736-XRRRVPABRSJYLU9FXPKH/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_09.jpg What you (do not) see WHAT YOU (DO NOT) SEE (2021) Some of the most important moments in our lives are often left in silence. The 15 portraits of youths from H20 High school in Oslo presented as a composition consisting of photographs, texts, and audio storytelling, are an outcome of the collaborative project between camera-based artist Rebecca Shirin Jafari, drama-pedagogue Katinka Brodin, and teacher Synnøve Virhøy. The teenagers who in the past few years came to Norway from different places of the world and due to various reasons (often not easy ones) share one moment that has defined them, shaped them, or changed them. The portraits made as photo collages reveal the double narrative students have to live every day, situated between the culture of origin and Norwegian expectations. Youth's stories are all: vulnerable, personal, teenage, adult, and universal. Katinka Brodin asked the students to choose 10 important moments from their life and talk about them, then, she helped to choose one for storytelling. Rebecca Shirin Jafari first photographed the youths one by one; the students themselves chose how they wanted to be captured. After many meetings and talks, Rebecca and the students together made collages. Det du (ikke) ser can be seen through the lens of our contemporaneity that often demands from individuals to navigate across cultural/geographical/social/political borders thus questioning one's identity. And at the same time, Det du (ikke) ser tells about apparently insignificant events or decisions that in fact can shape life. Whenever we meet a new person, there are things we do not see at the first sight. And maybe, we will never give ourselves a chance to see? Det du (ikke) ser is also about listening and seeing others in an attentive and respectful way that requires time. The selected portraits of Milen, Marwa, Eimmy, Paola, and Saeed are presented in the frame of the Fotobokfestivalen 2021 after conversation and agreement with the participants. The project is a part of Den kulturelles skolesekkens skoleutviklingsmidler (SKUP). *kulturelles skolesekken Oslo (DKS Oslo), UDE og finansiert av DKS Oslo og dekomp-midler fra UDIR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284206718-WCKA5FR0I2MUT5S8ACDI/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_01.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284075294-SGODLQMAEI4INWD8IBK4/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_03.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284454222-AEXS73SIS2005A9IZZ60/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_11.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284461485-EJJ8KIVGDDXJJ85PAO7D/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_12.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284086027-VR48E2MTWOUYVRGW4YLS/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_05.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284115976-88T66FQ4AA0VNA84LHNB/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_10.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284434621-SI8OFQS5SG5E492AY6L6/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_07.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284440535-XLQ77FY60RNYTZAXJJEE/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_15.jpg What you (do not) see https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1629284447377-HO0E1GKP0GPD421WE8VL/2021_02_Rebecca_Jafari_WebRes_14.jpg What you (do not) see http://www.rebeccajafari.com/prosjekt-skogen daily 0.75 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320661986-MU9RZ84KR5POCXN6SE80/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_04.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320661986-MU9RZ84KR5POCXN6SE80/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_04.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320683263-LAA13Z1FTDXAIT5NSE4N/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_15.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320702493-T73C5DI1ZAMUL4BWEGMR/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_16.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320716175-L0UV129ZKL2JKPECV5ET/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_17.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320920834-DBENRNDOP4C68TJQXUSM/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_28.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320593250-FQIPUREJBHG94VZ46885/image-asset.jpeg Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320940533-ECBPNE5CCMGMGHXQG8UI/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_12.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320956436-V4POZY8QQAI6834HUU06/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_32.jpg Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320981946-RN9SMZOF9F0L77NSLSY7/2024_Nytt+utvalg_Prosjekt+Skogen__del+2_03.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1745320998661-N5BQVTMIOVYH09T76QXJ/2024_Nytt+utvalg_Prosjekt+Skogen__del+2_10.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768395902360-2X11P3VNSP4CBHJ3L74H/2024_Nytt+utvalg_Prosjekt+Skogen__del+3_01+11.39.23+11.39.23+11.39.23.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768395920626-5KZA08ZFRD5S0A9JMPPD/2024_Nytt+utvalg_Prosjekt+Skogen__del+2_36.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768395936349-C1ECQUIDHPDZDEZ608ZI/2024_Nytt+utvalg_Prosjekt+Skogen__del+3_13+11.39.23.JPG Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768395959793-LTADJ6GZ2ND46EW9DB0E/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_13+11.39.23+11.39.23.jpg Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768395988255-5RWQD8HO4N7VWXAUY5X7/2024_Rebecca_+Sva+Marga_02.jpg Prosjekt Skogen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/1768396070181-QJDD72V8RRY2SOJ3GPIW/2022_Mai_28.JPG Prosjekt Skogen http://www.rebeccajafari.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-08-08 http://www.rebeccajafari.com/about daily 0.75 2026-01-14 http://www.rebeccajafari.com/2rebecca-jafari daily 1.0 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5542206be4b0e4fc04f38a4a/cc32e09e-5cbf-4fa1-8173-122dbc120ab6/2024_Nytt+UtvalgProsjekt+skogen_15.JPG Forside - Make it stand out Geitrams from the ongoing project “Skogen/Aum”.