750

750 is a collaborative photo project that serves as
a visual meditation on
the martyrdom of the Báb,
the prophet-herald of
the Bahá’í Faith.

In 1850 in Tabríz, Iran,
Mirza Taqi Khan (Grand Vizier of Nasiri’d-Din Shah)
ordered the execution of the Báb with a regiment of 750 soldiers. Those in power at the time were threatened by the Báb’s message of universal love and the oneness of humanity.
The Báb brought spiritual renewal, and taught
justice, equality,
peace, and unity.
They imprisoned the Báb and eventually executed Him
with a regiment of 750 rifles.

When the Báb was in prison,
He was kept in the dark
with no light.
These photos of 750 lit candles
honor His suffering
and fuel us with
energy, vision, and hope in our work for a
better and more beautiful world.

Each candle, like each bullet - a symbolic gesture
to remember what we really are,
and why we are here now, together.

750 photographs of candles being held by one or more
human beings, in various locations on the planet all from different races, ages, economic status, genders,
physical abilities, and sizes.

750 responses to the darkness of violence that eventually claimed the lives of over 20,000 innocent people in Persia, in the mid-1800s, including one (the Báb) whose teachings reverberate into the present day.  

750 lights to acknowledge that “Love is a light that never dwelleth in a heart possessed by fear.”  A light that must be kindled and burn brightly in one’s own soul, then be united with others who seek light rather than shadows.

750 was approximately
15 feet (4.5 meters) wide and 8 feet (2.5 meters) tall
and was created by 18 image-makers from 5 countries: Australia, Hungary, Kuwait, Mauritius & USA.

Principal Artists:
Nancy Wong & Robert Reddy

Contributing Artists:
Kamäl M. Ateshi, Jaime Baskin,
Ronald Browne, Linda DuPuis Rosen, Brian Gorman,
Nancy Greenman, Lauren Herrmann, Edit Kalman,
Lindsey Lugsch-Tehle, Nate Mathews, Ramraj Meetun,
Sholeh Munion, Majid Nolley, June Perkins,
Earle Rowe & Dawn Vogel.