User:Milli bau

Milli Bau (1906-2003) born in Darmstadt, Germany in a wealthy family. In 1965 she started to explore the world with her newly bought VW. Her first trip was to the Amazonian forest. She is an outstanding example of a female explorer travelling on her own all around the world including Bolivia, Peru, China, Tibet, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Her unique analog photographs documenting her extensive travels are an important resource and archive. in 1969 she traveled to Iran, after which she published in 1971 a book titled 'Iran die er wirklich ist'. Her black and white and colour photographs of Shiraz, Isfehan and Hamedan are a unique document of the social life of Iran, showing bazar life, working conditions, transport, education and development as well as female social and work life of pre-revolutionary Iran. After her death in 2003, her unique archive was donated to the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt. Her books were donated to the Goethe University of Frankfurt.