Abbas Tehran, Iran. January 25, 1979.
“‘If your photographs aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough,’ Robert Capa famously said.
1979, Tehran: The Shah has left the country. Khomeini has arrived.
(...) In a couple of weeks, he will triumph. Young revolutionaries are lynching a woman they believe to be a supporter of the Shah. I run backwards, as fast as the mob, shooting.
Later, while examining my contact sheets, I am reminded of Capa’s iconic photo of a French woman, from the end of WWII. Carrying her baby by a German soldier, she is marched home, her head shaven as punishment.
What do you think, Bob? Was I close enough?”
— Abbas © Abbas | Magnum Photos
