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Semirom

Iran, Semirom

These are my photos of Semirom and surrounding area in Iran taken in 1999.

Daran

Buying a saddlebag from a Bakhtiari family

[ Jun.1999 ] We had a long drive in the hilly terrain from Daran, a small town in Iran to the area called Marboreh. On the way, there was a dam and we were checked…

Isfahan

Iran, Isfahan

These are my photos of Isfahan in Iran taken in 1999.

Hamadan

People we met during the trip to Kermanshah

[ May 1999 ] From Hamadan, a city in the western Iran, we visited Kermanshah just for a day. Kermanshah is the capital city of the province of the same name which has the border…

Hamadan

At the ruins of Sasanian Empire near Takab

[ May 1999 ] We stayed one night in a town called Takab in West Azerbaijan province in the north west of Iran. It is situated about 250 km north west of Hamadan, the largest…

Tabriz

In Tabriz and in Maragheh

[ May,1999 ] On the day we met Shahsavan people in Iran, we went and stayed in Tabriz, a city not far from the Turkish border. This is another famous place for carpet making and…