Ashkan Sahihi is an Iranian photographer known for his unique photographic projects. At first glance at his pictures reveal simple portraiture photography, however it's the story behind the pictures that make them really interesting.
His photography is usually divided into different series. Amongst the series he has created, there is the scream series (volunteers screaming), the hypnotised series, the cum series (hilarious pictures of quite conservative people with semen splashed on their face) and my favourite, the drug series.
Sahihi gave illegal drugs to a number of volunteers who had not used drugs before. They had to sit in his studio until the drugs wore off. The photographs he presents in this series are the pictures he felt best summed up the experience of the volunteer. Apparently the photoshoot, at one point, turned nasty when the female volunteer who was given crack got agitated and almost violent when she was told she could not have any more!
Visit the website www.ashkansahihi.com to see his full portfolio of work.
(the woman in the picture above is on ecstasy)
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