Qajar series
As an image, a photograph stands on its own. Rarely can such images be taken at face value. This is particulary true of studio portraits where the photographer has chosen to construct an image. Why construct such an image? The photographer has left clues.

The photographs here are the works of Shadi Ghadirian. Chosen from among her peers, the models pose with modern props in Iranian dress and against backgrounds from a century earlier. The images appear to depict a conscious choice … more