THE ROYAL LENS

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Khosronejad&rsquo,s unique collection provides us with a treasure trove of images focusing on the daily life of Naser al-Din Shah, his wives, concubines, and slaves of both sexes.&nbsp,&nbsp,Janet AfaryMellichamp Professor of Religious StudiesUC Santa Barbara&nbsp,Pedram Khosronejad has provided invaluable new information about the history of photography in Iran during the 19th-century Qajar period. In particular he has carefully researched the photographs taken by Naser al-Din Shah, perhaps the Qajar monarch most fascinated by Western technology. These intimate photographs of his own harem are unique and highly informative, not just for their intrinsic value in a period in which human images were disapproved of, but also for what they reveal about Naser al-Din Shah, his self-image, his household and his court.&nbsp,William O. Beeman &nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp, Professor, Department of Anthropology &nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp,&nbsp, University of Minnesota&nbsp,_,
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