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Shirin Neshat, Identified, 1995 © Shirin Neshat. Photo: Cynthia Preston, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels.

April 2015

This woman is silent, but is she speaking to you? "I can't tell if she is laughing or smiling or if the expression on her face is severe...She is a riddle, an enigma, a beauty..." That is writer Kaelen Wilson-Goldie’s response to Shirin Neshat’s striking self-portrait, Identified, 1995. Is Neshat speaking to you through the silence of a photograph? Respond to our question with text, photos, videos, or audio files, and we’ll feature your response on our website.

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About This Picture

This Picture invites you to stop, consider, and respond to photographs—one at a time.

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A New Look at Photo Agency

As picture-taking and sharing become increasingly democratized and impactful, not enough dialogue about photography seems to be going on.