Daniel Atash

Restriction, 2022 

I had a trip to Iran on winter 2017. The city of Isfahan is 10th city in the world for the number of old monuments built there. It is a major city in central Iran, was the splendid capital of the Seljuq and Safavid dynasties whose legacies established Iran (formerly Persia) as the cultural heart of the eastern Islamic world in terms of language (Persian), art, and architecture. 

Great Mosque of Isfahan, Persian Masjed-e Jāmeʿ (“Universal Mosque”), complex of buildings in Isfahan, Iran, that centres on the 11th-century domed sanctuary and includes a second smaller domed chamber, built in 1088, known for its beauty of proportion and design.

Malik Shah I (ruled 1072-1092) built the four-iwan design. Nizam al-Mulk (commissioned the dome in 1086) and Taj al-Mulk, two rulers of Isfahan, fought for legacy by trying to create the best dome above the iwans. Their domes are opposite each other.

Picture is taken by a Sony A7, mirrorless camera, using a wide lens to capture the restriction on women in a religious place.

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