Fallen Capital, Persepolis, Iran

Fallen Capital
Persepolis, Fars, Iran, 2007

A close-up of a bull-shaped capital, one of the massive stone bulls that once crowned the columns of Persepolis, ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire. Behind it, the surviving columns of the Apadana, the great audience hall, rise from the ruins in the last golden light of the day.

Medium format 6×12 film, 2007.

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