After scouring the streets of Tehran as a professional photographer, Ako Salemi traded his camera in for a smartphone and decided to produce a more stripped back street photography.

In a very tense political climate, he's cut off from conventional channels; so instead, he shows off his work on social networks. He's an international success. 

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