Artist statement: In parallel is a series of photographs set three decades apart. One set reveals the life of my parents and myself 30 years ago captured by my dad Bahram Basseghi and me in Iran, 1988. The other shows my husband, son and myself captured in Australia in 2018, a generation later. My mum and I are 34 years old in the photographs. We all sit on the same chair as new parents. My four-year-old self and my two-year-old son peer through my dad’s camera with the same inquisitive gaze towards the world. These photographs are set in two homes, in the northern and southern hemispheres which continue to chart the ebb and flow of family members, highlighting the in-between state, the feeling of duality arising from the turmoil in Iran and since our migration to Australia. The chair, having also travelled from Tehran to Melbourne, however, is the common link. As our presence will eventually fade, it will remain for generations to come.
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Also known as Giclee prints or bubble-jet prints, pigment ink-jet prints are generated by computer printers from digital or scanned files using dye-based or pigment-based inks. A series of nozzles spray tiny droplets of ink onto the paper surface in a precise pattern that corresponds to the digital image file. In dye-based prints the ink soaks into the paper, whereas in pigment-based prints the ink rests and dries on top of the paper surface.
Whilst the term is broad, pigment ink-jet prints have come to be associated with prints produced on fine art papers. They are the most versatile and archival method of printing available to photographers today. A wide variety of material on which an image can be printed with such inks are available, including various textures and finishes such as matte photo paper, watercolour paper, cotton canvas or pre-coated canvas.
