Parisa Taghizadeh is a British-Iranian photographer who started the series Boy which started as a documentation of her son's day to day life in a world that he creates around him, but slowly began to unfold as an intimate look into how he is exploring beyond the gender "role" that is given onto him in our society. Her heavy cropping gives us a glance into the details that her son explores on his own. The saturation of color is not overdone but in fact just enough to catch the eye of the viewer to zoom in on the items that her son considers as simply "beautiful". The nail polish, necklace and pink dress brings joy to the boy and it brings me joy to see that gender roles aren't an issue to children - it isn't until they get into the world that they are told different. The images are simple and beautiful and reveal the innocence behind children that we often overlook and forget.
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