Hoda Afshar: Rebel with a Cause

On International Women’s Day 2024, Iran-born photographer Hoda Afshar debuted her latest series, In Turn (2023), at the South London Gallery as part of the exhibition Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest, organised in collaboration with the V&A.

London-based journalist Lucy Rowan spoke to two Iranian women living in the West to explore how art can serve as a form of resistance. She focused on its significance within the Women, Life, Freedom movement, highlighting the power of Afshar’s work to challenge, provoke, and inspire.