Parisa Azadi, an Iranian-Canadian visual journalist, witnessed the Iranian protests of September 2022 from Dubai, where she felt helpless due to her inability to return home. To document the uprising, she utilized a Fujifilm instax camera to capture frames from protest videos circulating on social media, turning ephemeral digital images into tangible prints. This process, rooted in her earlier work in Iran, transformed into a poignant response to state violence and censorship. One notable image depicts a young woman amidst a protest in Tehran, embodying defiance against misogyny. Following state massacres in January 2026, Azadi began burning her instax prints as an act of mourning, allowing the scars from the fire to echo the violence depicted in her work. This act was not about erasure but about conveying rage and grief, making her photography a powerful testament to resistance and transformation. Azadi's work speaks to the broader narrative of rebellion, emphasizing the importance of bodily freedom and the interconnectedness of public and private acts of defiance.