Qajar
Photograph
1998 (photographed)
1998 (photographed)
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Shadi Ghadirian is a leading Iranian photographer with a rapidly expanding international reputation. Much of Ghadirian's work addresses the theme of Muslim women living in Iran, exploring ideas such as censorship, religion, modernity, and the status of women.
The Qajar series is modelled after studio portraits made in Iran during the Qajar period which spanned the second half of the 19th century to the first two decades of the 20th. Like their predecessors, these formal studio portraits contain props that represent the aspirations of the sitters, but the objects they pose with are jarringly modern, such as in this image, a portable stereo system.
The Qajar series is modelled after studio portraits made in Iran during the Qajar period which spanned the second half of the 19th century to the first two decades of the 20th. Like their predecessors, these formal studio portraits contain props that represent the aspirations of the sitters, but the objects they pose with are jarringly modern, such as in this image, a portable stereo system.
Object details
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| Title | Qajar (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver bromide print |
| Brief description | Photograph, from the series 'Qajar', silver bromide print, by Shadi Ghadirian, Iran, 1998 |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a woman wearing a headscarf, seated holding a Pepsi can. |
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| Copy number | unique A.P. |
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| Credit line | Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum |
| Object history | Ghadirian's Qajar Series (1998-2001) consists of small studio portraits of women dressed in the nineteenth-century Qajar style. |
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| Summary | Shadi Ghadirian is a leading Iranian photographer with a rapidly expanding international reputation. Much of Ghadirian's work addresses the theme of Muslim women living in Iran, exploring ideas such as censorship, religion, modernity, and the status of women. The Qajar series is modelled after studio portraits made in Iran during the Qajar period which spanned the second half of the 19th century to the first two decades of the 20th. Like their predecessors, these formal studio portraits contain props that represent the aspirations of the sitters, but the objects they pose with are jarringly modern, such as in this image, a portable stereo system. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Light from the Middle East: New Photography |
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| Accession number | E.351-2010 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2010 |
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