Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, who was the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, also took many photographs during state visits abroad. In this photo Leaving The Grand Mosque, Isfahan, Iran (1969), Sultan Ismail found the opportunity to take a shot of the Grand Mosque and well-wishers in Isfahan as he waited for the official car to collect him up. Photos: Raja Ihsan Shah Modernist Photographs
Fifty-eight unseen photographs by Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, who is regarded as a pioneer of modern Malaysian photography, are on display at the Almarhum Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah: Unveiling The Unseen (1937-1971) photography exhibition at the Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
Sultan Ismail, who was the Sultan of Terengganu, between 1946 and 1979, and the fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, from 1965 to 1970, was also a man who had a keen eye for photography. Beyond formal functions and royal life, Sultan Ismail, when he had the time to indulge in a hobby, was most often going on walkabout adventures with his camera, experimenting in his photo studio and steadily developing his own style of photography.
