The First Photographs Ever Taken of Iran [1848-1858] by Colonel Luigi Pesce + Persepolis, Old World

[Music] howdy y'all welcome back thank you for joining me today we'll be looking at what are said to be the very first photographs of Iran all taken by Colonel Luigi Pesci of Naples Italy in the year 1848 Luigi was deployed to Iran as a well-trained colonel speaking three languages Persian Turkish and Greek Luigi was in charge of training Iran's new infantry troops up to the Italian standard while stationed in Iran Luigi Pesci then gained an appreciation some would later call it a love for the ancient structures and artifacts he would come in contact with on a near daily basis Luigi then decided to combine his new appreciation for ancient Iran with his favorite hobby which was photography from 1848 through 1858 Luigi photographed the city's monuments and people of Iran he was the first to photograph numerous sites across Iran including persopolis when he presented his collection to Nazir al-din Shah the ruler of Iran he was met with much joy and a royal reception as Nazir al-dinsha also had a great appreciation for the up-and-coming technology of Photography Luigi would then be asked to produce a second collection of his images for Prince William the first of Prussia and finally a third and final copy for New York's Metropolitan Museum of the three collections all said to contain somewhat different photographs I've accumulated as many of these images that still exist and are available today according to the narrative Luigi Pesci lived out the rest of his days in Tehran Iran with his wife and family passing away in 1864. he was buried inside the historical dulop Christian Cemetery in Iran in the year 1867 three years after his passing Luigi Pesci's first photographs of Iran were showcased at the world Paris exhibition and he was honored for his work in Middle Eastern photography for the remainder of this video we're going to look through what I would consider to be the most complete collection of Luigi pescis photographs of Iran taken in the mid-1800s again all of these photographs are going to be from the mid-1800s over 160 years old and these will be some of the best and earliest photographs we have of anywhere in the Middle East so let's get right into this collection I'd love to hear what you think down below I'm going to leave links to this collection so you can dive in more you can learn more about each image and about the architecture showcased and hopefully this will help to spark your interest in diving into this history a little bit more so again leave your thoughts and comments down below share subscribe and like and I will talk to you on the next video cheers y'all [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] foreign [Music] foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] thank you [Laughter] [Laughter] [Laughter] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you thank you [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music]

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Length: 24min 19sec (1459 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 22 2023