How to Participate

1. Gather a few (it could be one or thirty) objects that you keep around the house (or office, car, etc.). The objects should collectively show whatever you feel is or is part of your Iranian-American identity.

2. Once you have gathered these items, take a photo.

3. Submit your photo using the SUBMIT button on the right of the page.

4. Please also include in your submission a list or description of what the items are.

For examples go here and here!

About:

I am Shiva Alipour and a graduate student at Pratt Institute working on my Masters in Communication Design. Thanks for taking the time to look at and hopefully participate in this project. I was born in Shiraz, Iran and move to the United States with my family around the age of 5, making me a first-generation Iranian-American.

Dualism is part of my thesis project exploring the identity of Iranian-Americans through the use of object portraiture. The idea is to better understand the Iranian-American demographic through the objects that we keep around and associate as part of our identity.

What to do...

1. Gather a few (it could be one or thirty) objects that you keep around the house (or office, car, etc.). The objects should collectively show whatever you feel is or is part of your Iranian-American identity.

2. Once you have gathered these items, take a photo.

3. Submit your photo using the submit button on the right of the page.

4. Please also include in your submission a list or description of what the items are.