{"product_id":"alfred-seiland-alfred-seiland-9783775747899","title":"Alfred Seiland: Iran: Between the Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCollisions of past and present in modern-day Iran\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs in his previous body of work \u003ci\u003eImperium Romanum\u003c\/i\u003e, here Austrian photographer Alfred Seiland (born 1952) depicts astonishing juxtapositions, chasms and tensions between the persistence of the ancient and the transformations of the modern. One of Austria's first photographers to work exclusively in color, Seiland creates images that feel both sensuous and political as he simultaneously addresses ancient Persia and contemporary Iran through its architecture, people and landscapes.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes the collision of past and present is shocking and sudden, and not necessarily attributable to modernization: for example, one photograph in the series depicts Arg-e Bam, once the largest adobe building in the world, which was almost entirely razed to the ground by a 6.6-magnitude earthquake in 2003, which killed around 32,000 people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Seiland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3775747893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783775747899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hatje Cantz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Alfred Seiland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945826124031,"sku":"9783775747899","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d3bd03a3-8c30-457b-9406-acfc82ced4f0.jpg?v=1681509975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-seiland-alfred-seiland-9783775747899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}