Architecture without Architects

Ahmad Kavousian took this photographs from the village of Masule in 1975. (Thanks go to Pooya for his Flickr contact list.)

The Largest Carpet in the World

One record for largest carpet in the world is being outweaved by another.

Slide Show of Local Persian New Year

Palo Alto Weekly photographer, Marjan Sadoughi, has put together a slide show of local Persian New Year (Norouz) celebrations.

In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon

The 20th-anniversary exhibition of In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon ends at the Cantor Arts Center after a national tour.

If you live in the Bay Area, as I do, or if visiting here, I highly recommend that you make it to Cantor for this exhibition which will end on May 6, 2007.

Cantor Art Center has sponsored a lecture on the work for this Thursday, February 22, at 6:30 pm.

The Wind Carpet

If you want to learn about carpets, and the social art of weaving, the Japanese-Iranian movie, The Wind Carpet will give you a wonderful glimplse. This movie appeared some years ago at the London Film Festival.