The Scent of Rain and Roses

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A Story Within

Photographed in Ghamsar, Isfahan, during the rosewater distillation season.

Hossein, 41, sat in stillness beneath the falling petals of Mohammadi roses, as if in silent communion with the earth and sky.

A heavy spring rain had just passed. The air was thick with the scent of blossoms—fragrance rising like memory from the soaked soil.

Though the image is in black and white, its soul carries the full color of a centuries-old tradition.The Rosa Damascena, or Mohammadi rose, is Iran’s national flower—rooted in ancient Persia, used in the distillation of rosewater, and celebrated each year in a ritual that feels as much spiritual as it is agricultural.Hossein’s calm expression, beneath a gentle rain of petals, reflects a quiet reverence—an unspoken inheritance of this fragrant ceremony passed through generations.

More about this location

Golabgiri (Persian, "making rosewater") is a festival taking place annually from mid-May to mid-June in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran. The ceremony takes place throughout Kashan county, majorly in Ghamsar, Niasar; and in surrounding regions. This period marks the full bloom of the rose, transforming the hot desert region into a magnificent space of flowers. During this event that annually attracts tens of thousands to two million tourists, the essence of the national flower, Rosa damascena, 'Damask Rose'—locally called Mohammadi Rose—planted in many flower gardens in these areas, is prepared by the traditional method of an evaporation system.

Qamsar (Persian: قمصر)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.[4] The district is 15 km south of Kashan.

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A Story Within

Photographed in Ghamsar, Isfahan, during the rosewater distillation season.

Hossein, 41, sat in stillness beneath the falling petals of Mohammadi roses, as if in silent communion with the earth and sky.

A heavy spring rain had just passed. The air was thick with the scent of blossoms—fragrance rising like memory from the soaked soil.

Though the image is in black and white, its soul carries the full color of a centuries-old tradition.The Rosa Damascena, or Mohammadi rose, is Iran’s national flower—rooted in ancient Persia, used in the distillation of rosewater, and celebrated each year in a ritual that feels as much spiritual as it is agricultural.Hossein’s calm expression, beneath a gentle rain of petals, reflects a quiet reverence—an unspoken inheritance of this fragrant ceremony passed through generations.

More about this location

Golabgiri (Persian, "making rosewater") is a festival taking place annually from mid-May to mid-June in Kashan, Isfahan Province, Iran. The ceremony takes place throughout Kashan county, majorly in Ghamsar, Niasar; and in surrounding regions. This period marks the full bloom of the rose, transforming the hot desert region into a magnificent space of flowers. During this event that annually attracts tens of thousands to two million tourists, the essence of the national flower, Rosa damascena, 'Damask Rose'—locally called Mohammadi Rose—planted in many flower gardens in these areas, is prepared by the traditional method of an evaporation system.

Qamsar (Persian: قمصر)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.[4] The district is 15 km south of Kashan.

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