TEHRAN -- “Madama Butterfly”, an opera by Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), has inspired Iranian photographer Mehdi Mansuri’s new collection of photo collages bearing the same title.

The collection composed of 16 works measuring 85x60 focuses on life, consciousness and death, announced Tehran’s Golestan Gallery, which plans to showcase the works in an exhibition that will open on September 9.

Artistic figures like Leili Golestan, the owner of the gallery, and celebrities such as actress Elnaz Shakerdust are the subjects in some of the works.

Apart from “Birth” and “Consciousness”, other works of the collection have been created by using the “reflection technique”. In this method, the photographer took photos of the objects reflected through shattered mirrors.

Mansuri has also used golden frames for his works to recollect works by the Irish-born British figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992). 

The exhibition will run until September 14 at the gallery located at 34 Kamasai St. in the Darus neighborhood.  

Photo: A photo collage from Mehdi Mansuri’s series “Madama Butterfly” 

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