Ghadirian
is best known her series of portraits called Like Every Day made between 2000
and 2001, in which she used tablecloths and strips of material draped over women, placing
a household object: an iron, a grater, a broom-
where the face should be, which raised issues about domestic drudgery and the cruel
anonymity of many Iranian women. Some were mildly
amusing, parodying universal stereotypes of
females, from the shrewish mother
in law to the doormat wife, using the utensils
to represent well known characteristics.
Personally,
i
think that Shadi and her work are an inspiration to Iranian women as she states herself "being a women in Iran is hard". Her
photographs cant for example, show a woman's hair, let alone physical
contact with any man. Hotels don't give rooms to single women on work trips,
and she does not drive alone. But Ghadirian still finds a balance that enables
her to express herself while respecting the society in which she lives.
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