Yasmin Shirali

The photography of Yasmin Shirali speaks eloquently without the need for lips. Gothic, deep delights, Yasmin works show her unafraid to dabble in the dark, yet always look toward the light. Themes of broken communication, life, death, the finding of the self, and the depths of the emotional being feature heavily in slickly composed images that provoke the viewer to thoughts that challenge the easy status quo, and the fog of everyday living. Her images arise from the passion of her self taught youth, but there is no roughness in her works to belie her years. Her use of various photo manipulation techniques adds surreal depths that further draw the viewer in.

Once viewed, her images remain emblazoned in the mind. Such is the power of her works, not only do they entertain, but they cause the viewer to muse upon the subject, to feel the emotion of the image. Even subjects without faces cry to the depths of your soul.