Iran, Nov 2018
Never in my dream have I thought of setting foot in Iran. A few of my photographic friends attested this is a place on planet earth never to be missed, and urged me to fulfill my bucket list as one of the “Mecca” for photography enthusiasts.
With some apprehension, I went. Not only to kill my curosity, but more so to authenticate the veracity of what they have vouched.
One of Iran’s attraction is her architectural beauty. But the greatest attraction and assets could just be its people. They are friendly and extremely hospitable, and are particularly curious about foreigners. Often they will invite you in for tea.
If street photography is your thing similarly to my affection, Iran can endlessly offer a plethora of unmediated chance encounters and fascinating random incidents in many places.
Bread making has a long history in Iran. Because of the inseparable relationship between Iranian people and bread, an increasingly wide variety of bread is prepared and consumed throughout the country. There are many types of bread in Iran, ranging from Sangak (a thin, flat and slightly tough), Lavash (soft and thin), Barbari, Taftun, and a few more types.
This is Sangak bread, one of the most common and popular bread in Iran . We ate a lot of this. Iranians will have bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner, besides the assorted basmati rice. The bread is baked on a bed of hot pebbles lined at the peripheral in a traditional oven. Sometimes the pebbles are dislodged from the oven and sticked onto the bread. The buyer will pick up the pebbles and throw it onto the floor. Notice the floor has many small pebbles! At the end of the day, the baker will salvage the pebbles. Am not sure how they cement back lost pebbles back into the oven.
Choosing the best looking bread
Notice so many remnants of dislodged pebbles on the floor?
Types of garment worn by traditional Iranian women.
The traditional Iranian women often wears the chador
Women in chador are traditionally shied away being photographed. It was a bonus I managed to get a smack on.
Benyamin Loghmanian
on January 22, 2019Dear David, it was not only pleasure but a great fun travelling with you and other guys. Your pictures are all magnificently gorgeous and undoubtedly capable in portraying Iran's beauties. Hope to see you around again. Cheers and peace.
Ben