In 1956, Austrian-born photojournalist Inge Morath traveled to the Middle East for Holiday Magazine; there she wore the traditional chador and traveled alone most of the time. Among the various countries she visited, a fascination with the history of the Silk Road led to extensive travels in Iran. Inge Morath’s subjects range from politics to religion and from work to commerce; from the Shah’s palace to the nomad’s tent to the Zoroaster’s sacred shrine. She worked for long stretches in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, and Yazd, travelling a mountainous route from city to city and stopping in
small villages...