Spectacular color pictures for the first time of Qajar women by Antoine Sorogin

Many Westerners who lived in Persia and travelers who visited the country brought back pictures of Sevruguin, mentioning him in travelogues of the time. Sevruguin’s photographic studio was located on Avenue Ala al-Dawla and was not the only photographic studio on this street. Local people could have their pictures taken in this studio as well. They could pose in front of a painted backdrop. Most pictures were taken as glass negatives and printed out as albumen prints. Often, a logo with Sevruguin’s name was printed on one side of the picture. Many 19th-century tourists misspelled his name, finding it difficult to spell it in Western languages: Sevraguine, Sevrugin, Sevriogin, Segruvian, and Serunian, for example. His name was phonetically spelled Sevr-joe-gien.

May 6, 2023 | 11:13 pm