These photographs were taken in 1967 by Harrison Forman, an American photojournalist who has connections in the U.S. government department when he was in the country. These images of Tehran paint an incredibly different portrait of Iranian life. “Until the revolution, Iran was among the most cultured, cosmopolitan countries in the region.” Notes the NewContinue reading “Vintage Photographs of Life in Tehran, Iran in 1967”
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23 Beautiful Photos of Farah Pahlavi, the Last Empress of Iran From 1967-1979
Farah Pahlavi (Persian: فرح پهلوی, née Farah Diba (فرح دیبا); born 14 October 1938) is the widow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and was successively Queen and Shahbanu (empress consort) of Iran from 1959 to 1979. She was born into a prosperous family whose fortunes were diminished after her father’s earlyContinue reading “23 Beautiful Photos of Farah Pahlavi, the Last Empress of Iran From 1967-1979”
16 Interesting Vintage Photos Showing Life in Persia in 1935
Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf ofContinue reading “16 Interesting Vintage Photos Showing Life in Persia in 1935”
49 Vintage Photographs Show How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1960s and 1970s
There was a good balance of modernity and modesty during the 1950s and ’60s. Women were emancipated but kept their Iranian identity. The look was stylish and elegant without being vulgar. Skirts were long and full showing as little skin as possible. By the late 1970s, miniskirts, shorts, tight jeans and bikinis became highly fashionableContinue reading “49 Vintage Photographs Show How Iranian Women Dressed in the 1960s and 1970s”
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and His 84 Wives: Rare Photographs and the Story of the Iranian Shah and His Harem
In 1842 the 11 year-old heir to the Persian throne received a camera from Queen Victoria of England. The young heir fell in love with the magical contraption. In the following decades he documented his life, revealing to the public eye, what it was never supposed to see. One of Shah Qajar’s many passions wasContinue reading “Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and His 84 Wives: Rare Photographs and the Story of the Iranian Shah and His Harem”
The Mysterious Hasanlu Lovers and Their 2800-Year Old Kiss
The Hasanlu Lovers are human remains found by a team from the University of Pennsylvania led by Robert Dyson at the Teppe Hasanlu archaeological site, located in the Solduz Valley in the West Azerbaijan Province of Iran, in 1972. The image depicts two human skeletons, seemingly in an embrace, which earned the photograph its titleContinue reading “The Mysterious Hasanlu Lovers and Their 2800-Year Old Kiss”
Portraits of Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, the Beauty Symbol of Persia For Whom 13 Men Committed Suicide When She Refused to Marry Them
The definition of beauty has evolved drastically over the time. Every country has its version of what a woman should look like to be considered beautiful. In 19th century Persia, the Western beauty standards were not dominant. So of course, they had their own beauty standards and their own concept of beauty. The more masculineContinue reading “Portraits of Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, the Beauty Symbol of Persia For Whom 13 Men Committed Suicide When She Refused to Marry Them”
Execution by Cannon in Shiraz, Iran From the Mid-Late 19th Century
Execution by cannon was a method of execution in which the victim was typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which was then fired. The prisoner is generally tied to a gun with the upper part of the small of his back resting against the muzzle. When the gun is fired, his head isContinue reading “Execution by Cannon in Shiraz, Iran From the Mid-Late 19th Century”
22 Amazing Portrait Photos of Iranian Women From Between the 1920s and 1950s
Parisa Damandan (born 1967) is an Iranian photographer and art historian. She received a degree in photography from the University of Tehran. She is the author of Portrait photographs from Isfahan: Faces in transition, 1920-1950, a book illustrating the history of Isfahan in the early 20th century with portrait photographs, which she collected over aContinue reading “22 Amazing Portrait Photos of Iranian Women From Between the 1920s and 1950s”
40 Amazing Vintage Portraits of Persians Taken During the 19th Century
Antoin Sevruguin is one of the first photographers to document life during the reign of the Qajar dynasty in Persia (1785–1925). Born into a diplomat family in the Russian embassy in Tehran in 1830, Sevruguin traveled around the country as an artist and photographer portraying the everyday lives of the Iranian people from 1870 toContinue reading “40 Amazing Vintage Portraits of Persians Taken During the 19th Century”
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