Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran
Image Editing & Digital Archive Lead at Harvard University
Led image editing, processing, and visual standardization for a large-scale digital archive of over 30,000 historical assets, including photographs, manuscripts, and everyday objects.
Developed and enforced Photoshop workflows for restoration, color correction, and consistency across diverse image types
Built and managed scalable systems for file naming, metadata alignment, and asset organization
Supervised and guided a team of image editors and contributors, ensuring quality control across the archive
Worked with fragile and complex source materials (handwritten documents, aged prints, artifacts), requiring precision and attention to detail
Collaborated with researchers and developers to ensure images were optimized for both archival integrity and digital accessibility
The project involved transforming dispersed, privately held materials into a structured, searchable digital archive, requiring both technical image expertise and deep sensitivity to historical content.
You can explore more edited images from the archive here
Selected images are from the Women’s Worlds in Qajar Iran digital archive at Harvard University. Due to image rights and credit restrictions, I’m unable to share the Harvard images directly in my portfolio.
All image rights belong to the archive and respective contributors.