Moqarnas Atlas of Iran — Muqarnas vaults of Iran — Series II · Iran · 2025

A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
Moqarnas Atlas of Iran  —  Iran

The artist’s statement

Moqarnas across Iran’s historic cities, photographed in bazaars, mosque portals, domes, and palace halls. Each frame is centered and leveled to read the vault as a measured section.

Tiered cells resolve the square to the dome while breaking light into facets. Brick, glazed tile, paint, and mirrorwork map shifts in technique from Seljuk and Ilkhanid masonry to Safavid surface. Ornament is treated as structure, and structure as cultural record.

Mohammadreza Domiri Ganji

DistinctionPrix de la Photographie Paris (PX3) 2026 — Bronze, Architecture / Historic

Mohammadreza Domiri GanjiIISeries — Iran

Plates I to IX

Nine vaults, read as measured sections

Place
Iran
Year
2025
Subject
Muqarnas in bazaars, mosque portals, domes and palace halls
  1. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. IMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 1 of 9
  2. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. IIMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 2 of 9
  3. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. IIIMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 3 of 9
  4. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. IVMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 4 of 9
  5. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. VMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 5 of 9
  6. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. VIMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 6 of 9
  7. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. VIIMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 7 of 9
  8. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. VIIIMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 8 of 9
  9. A muqarnas vault photographed from its exact centre: tiers of cells rising in perfect symmetry towards the apex.
    Pl. IXMoqarnas Atlas of IranIran · 2025View the photographPlate 9 of 9

List of works

  1. Pl. IMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  2. Pl. IIMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  3. Pl. IIIMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  4. Pl. IVMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  5. Pl. VMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  6. Pl. VIMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  7. Pl. VIIMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  8. Pl. VIIIMoqarnas Atlas of Iran
  9. Pl. IXMoqarnas Atlas of Iran

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