Shahbanu

Farah Diba married Mohammad Reza Shah in 1959 and was crowned Shahbanu in 1967. The photographs of that household — state arrivals, cultural patronage, private gardens — form the core of this collection’s modern chapter.

Her work in museums, universities, and the arts is a separate story from coronation light alone. Here she is held as the imperial consort of record for the image hang: precise names, careful years, no confusions of identity.