The Iranian artist addresses the effect and perception of photographs, often questioning common clichés. Her series Posen and Flipside show only the backside of photographs onto which the artist embroidered the outline of the depicted person. Inherent in the medium of photography, Farassat’s stitching interrupts a voyeuristic gaze and the photograph fails to meet its objective as an object of desire. Furthermore, as a result of the ever-present flood of images we find ourselves surrounded by, we subconsciously fill the silhouettes in Farassat’s works with our own – often stereotypical – images. The artist thereby makes us realize that a naïve, impartial gaze does not exist. The perception and interpretation of photographic images is always based on culturally defined codes and can rarely be viewed as a mere image of reality.