Snow White 

Abbas Kiarostami made this photograph, titled 'Snow White,' using a camera - a technology both ubiquitous and specialized. The magic of photography lies in its alchemical ability to transform light into image. Here, Kiarostami captures the starkness of a winter landscape: trees emerging from a blanket of snow, their bare branches casting delicate shadows. The composition is deceptively simple, a study in contrasts: the solid white of the snow against the spindly black lines of the trees. But it's not just about what's depicted, but how. The photographic process itself becomes a lens through which we view the scene. Light, shadow, and texture are all rendered with precision and clarity, elevating the ordinary to the extraordinary. Kiarostami, renowned for his films, often blurred the line between reality and fiction. Here, he invites us to reflect on the act of seeing itself, and how materials and process come together to shape our perception.