Stone Garden, Persepolis, Fars, Iran

Stone Garden
Apadana Palace Stairway, Persepolis, Fars, Iran, 2007

The Apadana stairway at Persepolis, where carved cypress trees and stepped battlements rise beside lines of guards, warmed by the late sun. For Persians the cypress has long stood for the eternal garden, the pardis.

Large format 4×5 film, 2007. From the Pardis series.

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