In 1976 Elizabeth Taylor visited Iran for the first and only time. Accompanying her was Firooz Zahedi, a recent art school graduate just learning his craft, who has since gone on to become a successful Hollywood photographer.
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The actress beams upward at the sunlight in the city of Shiraz at the tomb of Hafez, the controversial 14th-century poet |
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Elizabeth Taylor takes a tourist’s snapshot in Persepolis |
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Taylor appears covered outside the Shah Chirag Shrine in Shiraz, top left, in this assemblage of four black-and-white photos |
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A set of four black-and-whites, this time at another mosque in Shiraz |
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A close-up outside the Shah Chirag Shrine |
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In profile in front of dazzling mosaic and tile work, Taylor stands by the tomb of the poet Sa’di |
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Covered by a scarf, Taylor takes tea in an old teahouse in Isfahan, a designated World Heritage Site and once the capital of Persia |
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At the teahouse, a close-up of Taylor with downcast eyes |
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A close-up of Taylor outside a Shiraz mosque, framed by architectural elements |
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Taylor poses with a single flower |
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While in Isfahan, Taylor stayed at the Shah Abbas hotel, a converted royal palace. Here, Zahedi contrasts photos of the palace’s soaring ceilings with those of Taylor applying makeup |
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Taylor donned an ensemble that Zahedi says is typical of those worn by tribal women, adding hot-pink lipstick |
(via
Vanity Fair and
LACMA)
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