Pamenar

Pamenar is one of Tehran’s oldest neighbourhoods, dating back to the Safavid era, once the heart of the old city. Walking its streets, I found forms and colours on doors, walls and passageways, and empty spaces that linked me to both past and present. The deep changes that shaped today’s Pamenar are visible in its strange contrasts.

The series was photographed on holidays in 2003 and 2004 and is part of an ongoing project on Iran’s cityscapes.