Iran

Now representing Iran — a squad of — destinations, each hand-crafted in watercolor.

Tile-work of impossible intricacy catches the midday sun inside cool courtyard mosques, scattering turquoise and cobalt across whitewashed walls in patterns that seem to shift as the light moves. The landscape shifts with equal drama — salt deserts bleached bone-white, rose-pink mountain villages, and the dense amber of a bazaar where saffron is sold by the fistful.