Elizabeth Taylor in Iran

In 1976, Elizabeth Taylor took her first and only trip to Iran, photographer Firooz Zahedi in tow. The captivating, exotically colorful pictures that resulted will debut this month at lacma; the untold story of Zahedi and Taylor’s artistic and personal adventure.Iranian-born photographer Firooz Zahedi was an art student in his 20s when he met Taylor in Washington, D.C., through his cousin Ardeshir Zahedi, Iran’s ambassador to the United States in the mid-1970s and the then companion of Ms. Taylor.