{"id":6449,"date":"2015-06-29T09:18:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T13:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?p=6449"},"modified":"2019-06-18T07:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T11:50:05","slug":"fereshteh-a-portrait-session-in-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/fereshteh-a-portrait-session-in-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Fereshteh &#8211; A Portrait Session in Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After spending time on work projects in Sweden and Paris, Fereshteh met me in Prague for her portrait session. She lives in Alabama, in the United States, where she is a scenic and lighting designer at Auburn University. Her design for Matrix II was chosen to be one of a very few designs included in the National Exhibition of Prague Quadrennial 2015.  The Prague Quadrennial, or &#8220;PQ&#8221; is a theatre event&#8211;the largest scenography event in the world.<br \/>\nWe chose Strelecky Island on the River Vltava for Fereshteh&#8217;s portrait session.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait at Strelecky Ostrov, Prague\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3071\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0178-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179.jpg\" alt=\"Strelecky Island Portrait (C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3073\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0179-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0171.jpg\" alt=\"Headshots in Prague (C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3073\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0171.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0171-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0171-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0171-682x1024.jpg 682w, 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https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0173-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0173-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0173-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0184.jpg\" alt=\"Fereshteh, Laughing(C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3071\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0184.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0184-80x120.jpg 80w, 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https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0183-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0183-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0183-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\nThere is a lovely restaurant and cafe on the island, so of course we stopped for a coffee break.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180.jpg\" alt=\"Fereshteh, Drinking Coffee (C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3071\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0180-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait at a Cafe in Prague (C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"3073\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175-80x120.jpg 80w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0175-67x100.jpg 67w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Most Legii, or Legion Bridge, crosses the River Vltava from the National Theatre to Strelecky Ostrov.  It&#8217;s made of granite and its architectural details combine neo-Baroque and Art Nouveau styles. From here, there is a nice view of the Charles Bridge, which connects the areas of Lesser Town and Old Town.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing the Legion Bridge in Prague (C) Maundy Mitchell\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/\u00a9-2015-Maundy-Mitchell_0174-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending time on work projects in Sweden and Paris, Fereshteh met me in Prague for her portrait session. She lives in Alabama, in the United States, where she is a scenic and lighting designer at Auburn University. Her design for Matrix II was chosen to be one of a very few designs included in<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/fereshteh-a-portrait-session-in-prague\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37,20,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destination","category-headshots","category-portraits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6449"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11585,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6449\/revisions\/11585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}