Behind the Lens: The Photographers of the Emamzadeh Yahya and Varamin
A layered archival feature directed by Keelan Overton with contributions by Jens Kröger, Martina Massullo, Joanne Bloom, Delphine Desveaux, Ryan Murray, Alisala Nunes, and Keelan Overton
Photography has played a seminal role in the historiography of the Emamzadeh Yahya. In this feature exploring 8 photographers over 100 years (ca. 1880–1980), we turn the lens on the photographers themselves, exploring their biographies and contributions and providing practical resources for using their archives today. All of the photographers hail from North America or Europe, and many are well-known travelers and scholars in the historiography of Persian art. The invited contributors include archivists and curators who work with and oversee the collections. For an analysis of the photographs themselves, see the Photo Timeline.
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1881Jane Dieulafoy -
1897 and 1899–1900Friedrich Sarre -
1930sAndré and Yedda Godard -
ca. 1950sBaroness Marie-Thérèse Ullens de Schooten -
February 1958Hélène Roger-Viollet and Jean-Victor Fischer -
October 1934 and April 1958Myron Bement Smith -
1972 and 1984Bernard O’Kane -
1978 and 2014Sheila Blair
Citation: Keelan Overton, Jens Kröger, Martina Massullo, Joanne Bloom, Delphine Desveaux, Ryan Murray, and Alisala Nunes, “Behind the Lens: The Photographers of the Emamzadeh Yahya and Varamin.” Photographers feature in The Emamzadeh Yahya at Varamin: An Online Exhibition of an Iranian Shrine, directed and edited by Keelan Overton. 33 Arches Productions, January 15, 2025. Host: Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.