Nooshin Rostami
Hormuz, the arm of the Sea, 2025
Photograph, color pencil, reflective film
20 × 15 inches

Light drawings are digital photographs of the interplay of light and shadow through mirrors, glass prisms, and sculptures with reflective or transparent surfaces. The photographs are then brought into the studio, where additional layers build dimension and depth to the surface.

This piece references the Strait of Hormuz — a narrow waterway of immense geopolitical significance, and a focal point of the current war on Iran. Light becomes a meditation on tension and transparency: what passes through, what is refracted, and what is blocked.

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