For photographer Mehrdad Mosaferi, the Persian Gulf is more than a landscape. Born and raised in Bandar Abbas, on its northern shores, he describes the sea as inseparable from his childhood, memory and everyday life.
Tide explores this relationship from within. Through scenes of fishing, boats, encounters on the beach and moments facing the horizon, the photographs turn towards the lives and experiences of those who call this coastline home. The work looks beyond the region’s familiar associations with politics, energy and global trade, while acknowledging how larger political and economic forces shape personal and collective memories.
The tide becomes a metaphor for arrival and departure, hope and absence, change and continuity. Rather than observing the coast from a distance, Mosaferi approaches it through his own enduring connection to the sea.
Tide belongs to Persian Gulf, his ongoing long-term project conceived as an evolving visual archive of the region’s stories, landscapes, traditions and human experiences.
Photography: Mehrdad Mosaferi / MedPress
