Dennis Briskin is a photographer, journalist, and a former American Peace
Corps Volunteer who taught English in Arak, Iran between 1967 and 1969. During his time in the Peace Corps,
Briskin documented both the built environment and scenes of daily life in his
home city and others of central Iran. A selection of
Briskin's photographs, including portraits of the people he lived among in the late 1960s, can be found on Archnet, as well as on his website, The
Face of Iran.
