Faces That Remain

Dates

2025 - 2025
Author

Morteza Beiglou
Topics Portrait

Faces That Remain is a portrait series from Dolab Cemetery in Tehran, showing gravestone photos of displaced Armenians, Poles, Russians, and others. By isolating these faces, it reflects on memory, identity, and how photography preserves presence beyond d

Faces That Remain

Faces That Remain is a portrait series photographed in Dolab Cemetery, Tehran a burial ground of Armenians,Poles,Russians and other European communities who died far from their homelands,many during World War II.

These images focus on the photographic portraits embedded in gravestones: faces carefully posed, dressed, and remembered. Removed from their historical context, the photographs begin to resemble studio portraits rather than markers of death.

By isolating these faces, the project reflects on memory, displacement, and how photography preserves identity beyond life,nationality, and time.

A formal portrait of a woman preserved on a gravestone. Framed by stone and time, her image remains steady, offering a quiet presence within the cemetery.

This photograph focuses on a woman’s portrait embedded in a grave marker. The image feels carefully composed, as if intended to endure beyond the life it represents.

A woman’s face appears within the stone, bordered by weathered textures. The portrait suggests dignity and intention, resisting erasure through its formal pose.

Set into the gravestone, this female portrait resembles an archival photograph. Time has altered the surface, but not the clarity of her gaze.

A solitary female image remains fixed within the grave structure. The framing recalls studio portraiture, now relocated to a space of memory and absence.

This image shows a woman remembered through a photographic insert on stone. The contrast between fragile image and solid material defines the tension of the site.

A male portrait appears within a cross-shaped grave marker. The photograph suggests formality and order, echoing the conventions of early studio photography.

This gravestone carries a lone male portrait, carefully placed and preserved. The image feels deliberate, maintaining identity within a shared burial landscape.

Two male portraits are placed side by side on a single grave. Their pairing implies connection, while the symmetry of the composition reinforces a sense of shared history.

A paired portrait of an adult man and a child appears on the gravestone. The image suggests lineage and continuity, held together through stone and photograph.

Faces That Remain by Morteza Beiglou

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