May 11 2012
1:43 pm
David Burnett, Anti-Shah demonstrators marching near a shopping street in Tehran, Iran, December 1978.

David Burnett, Anti-Shah demonstrators marching near a shopping street in Tehran, Iran, December 1978.

Posted 2 weeks ago
#1970s #tehran #iran #middle east #persia #history #iranian revolution #islamic revolution #protest #david burnett
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Mar 14 2012
1:40 pm
Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century. Source: Brooklyn Museum

Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 2 months ago
#19th century #victorian #victorians #harem #hookah #smoking #shisha #middle east #iran #persia #antoin sevruguin #children #odalisque #vintage
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Mar 6 2012
6:26 pm
Antoin Sevruguin, King Nasseraldin Shah of Iran at Golestan Palace, late 19th century.

Antoin Sevruguin, King Nasseraldin Shah of Iran at Golestan Palace, late 19th century.

Posted 2 months ago
#19th century #victorians #victorian #antoin sevruguin #iran #tehran #vintage #portrait #history #shah
7 notes

Mar 6 2012
5:55 pm
Antoin Sevruguin, A beggar in Tehran, Iran, ca. 1880.

Antoin Sevruguin, A beggar in Tehran, Iran, ca. 1880.

Posted 2 months ago
#1880s #19th century #victorians #victorian #tehran #iran #beggar #hoemless #vintage #portrait #poverty #antoin sevruguin
104 notes

Mar 6 2012
5:25 pm
Antoin Sevruguin, Kurdish woman, Iran, ca. 1900. Source: National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, The Netherlands

Antoin Sevruguin, Kurdish woman, Iran, ca. 1900.

Source: National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, The Netherlands

Posted 2 months ago
#1900s #iran #middle east #persia #kurds #kurdish #vintage #portrait #history #antoin sevruguin
16 notes

Mar 3 2012
7:18 pm
Jahangir Razmi, Firing Squad in Iran, August 1979.

Jahangir Razmi, Firing Squad in Iran, August 1979.

Posted 2 months ago
#1970s #iran #persia #middle east #firing squad #execution #iranian revolution #islamic revolution #history #jahangir razmir
40 notes

Feb 22 2012
4:57 pm
Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Iran, April 1951.

Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Iran, April 1951.

Posted 3 months ago
#1950s #iran #middle east #persia #camels #dmitri kessel #silhouette #vintage
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Feb 11 2012
7:55 pm
Dmitri Kessel, Friends and family listening to the Mullah’s prayers for the dead Premier in the Sepah Solar Mosque, Tehran, Iran, March 1951.

Dmitri Kessel, Friends and family listening to the Mullah’s prayers for the dead Premier in the Sepah Solar Mosque, Tehran, Iran, March 1951.

Posted 3 months ago
#1950s #dmitri kessel #iran #islam #middle east #mosque #mullah #persia #prayer #religion #sepah solar mosque #tehran #vintage #history
52 notes

Jan 10 2012
10:17 pm
Men loading boats with supplies and goods. Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Abadan, Iran, May 1945.

Men loading boats with supplies and goods. Photograph by Dmitri Kessel. Abadan, Iran, May 1945.

Posted 4 months ago
#1940s #iran #persia #middle east #dmitri kessel #boats #harbor
23 notes

Dec 31 2011
1:20 am
Iranians sifting through the debris an earthquake for the bodies of victims. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Iran, September 1962.

Iranians sifting through the debris an earthquake for the bodies of victims. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Iran, September 1962.

Posted 4 months ago
#1960s #iran #persia #middle east #paul schutzer #debris #destruction #earthquake #tragedy #natural disaster
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