Signature Drop #001: Newsha Tavakolian “Girl Smelling a Rose” Size:16 x 20 in (40 x 50 cm) but I was in a

but I was in a bit of a rut

No government of whatever nature

Moving from country to big city

Downtown Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge after the attack on the World Trade Center

Soft light envelops the scene

Signature Drop #001: Newsha Tavakolian “Girl Smelling a Rose” Size:16 x 20 in (40 x 50 cm) but I was in aNewsha Tavakolian directly engages her archive by hand signing and titling 16x20 prints of Girl Smelling a Rose. The five image portrait from the late 1990s features a girl immersed in the scent of a red rose. The interplay between past and present emerges through a succession of altered images that urge viewers to look again, mirroring Tavakolians perspective shift from external observation toward self reflection. The images within this piece are