In Ghadirian's first series, Qajar (1998), the artist arranged portraits of women, mainly her friends and family, using backdrops and dress reminiscent of the Qajar era (1785-1925), but added contemporary Western props such as a boom box, a Pepsi can, a phone or a vacuum.
Shadi Ghadirian completed her first video piece called Too Loud a Solitude in 2015.