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Portrait(54)

A Hindu sadhu with a topknot and white forehead tilak gazes into the lens at the Varanasi ghats — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25Blessed

An Aghori sadhu reads a child's notebook before a blue Kali idol in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25The Reader

India · Ed. of 25Returning

A close view of an elderly man in an orange head wrap drawing on a small clay pipe, his face and long grey beard partly hidden behind a curl of smoke — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Through the Smoke

Three elderly men in orange robes and turbans sit on a wooden boat on calm water, the misty ghats of Varanasi rising behind them — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Three on the Water

A black-and-white close portrait of an elderly man in thick-framed glasses with a patterned scarf, his lined face emerging from near-total darkness — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Quiet Face

India · Ed. of 25The White Wrap

A bearded man in a knit cap and heavy-framed glasses emerges from deep shadow, faintly smiling — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Out of the Dark

An elderly woman in a floral headscarf rests her chin on a worked hand, soulful eyes, eastern Anatolia — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25What She's Seen

A bearded man in a wool cap presses his forehead to a horse's, eye to eye in winter — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25An Understanding

Tight black-and-white portrait of a hooded young man with textured skin and an intense gaze, Kars — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Out of the Dark

A young herder in a hooded work jacket stands among his cattle on frozen ground — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25The Herd at His Back

A village boy grins with two prominent front teeth, snow behind him, eastern Anatolia — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25The Easiest Smile

A shepherd leads his flock down a snow-covered village road through heavy snowfall, Kars — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Down Through the Snow

A small boy holds his toys close, eyes glistening, standing in the snow, Kars — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Everything He Owns

A young woman seen through a window, the street reflected over her face, black-and-white, eastern Anatolia — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Through Glass

Color portrait of an older man in a skullcap and pinstripe jacket holding a white goat kid, snow-covered mountains behind — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25The Kid in His Hands

Color portrait of an older couple seated on a stone wall with a small dog, a snowy plain and mountains under heavy cloud behind — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25The Two of Them and the Dog

Close portrait of a boy with short hair and a dark knit sweater turning to look back, his face lit warm against a cold blue sky and faint mountains — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Dusk on His Face

Colour portrait of a smiling elderly woman in glasses and a headscarf, a red vest over a green cardigan and a floral apron, hands folded in her lap — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Folded Hands

Black and white close portrait of an older man in a flat cap drawing on a cigarette, stone walls behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25First Light, Last Cigarette

Black and white close portrait of a smiling man in a knit beanie and dark jacket, open country behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25The Wide Grin

A man's face seen through a streaked, dust-flecked pane of glass, only one eye in focus — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Through the Glass

A young girl in a wool sweater holds a white baby goat against a wall of stacked dung cakes, looking straight at the camera — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25The Kid She Carries

A boy in a dark sweater sits on a bridled horse holding the reins of a second horse, with snow-capped mountains and heavy clouds behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Two Horses, One Boy

Black and white close portrait of an older man in a flat cap with a thick moustache and a cigarette at his lips, cattle and a wooded slope behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Smoke and Pasture

Black and white portrait of an elderly woman in a dark red headscarf and a knitted cardigan, her eyes nearly closed against a deep black background — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Almost Asleep

Black and white portrait of a smiling older man in a flat cap and a light jacket, a wet town street with people fading behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25The Wet Street

Black and white close portrait of an older man in a dark knit beanie and striped shirt, half-smiling, a dark hillside falling away behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Half a Smile

Black and white portrait of a smiling middle-aged man with long hair pushed back and a grey-flecked beard, a dark wooded background behind him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Long Hair, Low Light

Black and white close portrait of a bearded man with pale tilaka markings on his forehead and hair tied in a knot — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25Ash and Light

A man with painted faces in his headdress holds an open exercise book in front of his face against a brick wall — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25Behind the Schoolbook

Color portrait of an elderly man in dark sunglasses, his face painted in stripes, wearing a crown of bright artificial flowers and beads — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25Sunglasses and Marigolds

Nepal · Ed. of 25The Smoke Break

Close color portrait, framed at a tilt, of a man with an intricately painted face in orange, green and white, surrounded by artificial flowers and beads — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25Tilted World

Color portrait of a bearded man with an orange and white painted face wearing a tall headdress of painted deity faces and bells, against a brick wall — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25The Crown of Faces

A man carries a tall stack of sesame simit on a wooden tray balanced on his head through a crowd — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25The Simit Tower

Two children press their hands and faces against the glass behind an ornate wrought-iron grille — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Behind the Iron

A bearded man in a beanie smiles under a clear umbrella as snow falls around him — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Snow Under the Umbrella

Close portrait of a young woman with freckles and dark hair looking directly into the camera — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Freckles

A child in a dark hood smiles into a single shaft of light, face emerging from black surroundings — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Light in the Hood

An older man with grey stubble smokes a hand-rolled cigarette, lost in thought against a dark background — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25A Cigarette and Quiet

An older woman in a knitted hat and patterned trousers sits in a doorway holding a glass of tea — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Tea on the Step

An old man in a cap and vest sits in a teahouse holding prayer beads, a glass of tea on the table beside him — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Beads in the Teahouse

An old man in a patterned knitted cap and fleece vest looks aside, lit against a black background — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25The Patterned Cap

An older woman in a patterned headscarf smokes a cigarette, looking off into the dark — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Smoke and Headscarf

A man with long wavy hair and a full grey beard emerges from deep shadow, facing the camera — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Out of the Dark

A laughing sadhu with pale blue eyes holds his glasses up by the Ganges in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Joy

A sadhu hides behind his hands, peeking through his fingers, Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Hide-and-Seek

A lean farmer in a red Rajasthani turban holds a wooden pitchfork in a dark storeroom in Pushkar — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Pitchfork

A young Roma mother holds her sleeping baby at the Pushkar fairground — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Mother

A sadhu with dotted face paint lifts a hand to his eye against a brick wall in Varanasi — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Hand

A woman's face half-lit inside a dark hood, one eye meeting the lens, Mathura — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Invitation

A man pours water over his head at an open-air bathing place, the spray caught in light, Mumbai — fine art black-and-white photograph by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Water

Landscape(44)

An orange-robed sadhu with wild white hair raises his hand in a blessing by the Ganges in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25Devotion

Three sadhus in saffron robes meditate on a riverbed at sunset near Varanasi — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25At Dusk

A yellow-turbaned sadhu lifts a rudraksha mala in a weathered blue temple doorway, Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25The Blue Door

Two laughing sadhus in festival face paint greet the camera outside a temple in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25The Welcome

A lone sadhu stands at the bow of a boat with the Varanasi ghats behind under a grey sky — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Sadhus series.

India · Ed. of 25The Prow

An older man in a patterned turban and worn light clothes sits with his arm resting on his raised knee — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Resting Between Things

A small child wrapped in a patterned veil is held against a woman's shoulder, laundry hanging behind them — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Carried

A man in white sits on a cot and holds a large framed portrait of a veiled woman up over his own face in a courtyard — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Holding Her Up

A weathered adult hand steadies a cup at a small child's mouth as the child drinks, lit against deep shadow — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Cup Between Them

A weathered man in a cap and leather jacket stands below a centuries-old stone church at dusk, Kars — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Older Than the Town

Black-and-white close portrait of an old man in a flat cap smoking a cigarette, deep lines across his face, Kars — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Where the Years Show

A young man crouches with his dog on a snowy plateau below Kars fortress in winter — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Under the Fortress

A man in a wool cap cradles a white pigeon against snow-covered mountains, eastern Anatolia — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25The Weight of a Bird

A fisherman in a wool cap shoulders a large frozen fish above snowy hills — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25What the Ice Gives

Kars · Ed. of 25Two Old Companions

Two boys press close behind a frost-and-lace covered window, one smiling, one solemn, eastern Anatolia — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, The Hardest Winter series.

Kars · Ed. of 25Behind the Frost

Color portrait of a young girl with ponytails in a knit sweater hugging a white lamb, snow behind her — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Her Lamb

Color portrait of an old man in a skullcap and pinstripe jacket laughing with eyes closed, snowy village and mountains behind — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Laughing at the Cold

Colour close portrait of an elderly woman in old wire-rimmed glasses and a white headscarf with red trim, looking straight ahead in a doorway — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Wire and Glasses

Black and white portrait of a man in a beanie holding two puppies above a flock of sheep, with snow and a wide plain behind — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Two Pups, Many Sheep

Black and white portrait of an older man in a flat cap and coat on a track, sheep and a low settlement behind under a grey sky — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Coming In With the Flock

Black and white portrait of an elderly woman seen through a wooden window frame, the reflection of a wooden house and cloudy sky laid over her face — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Behind the Glass

Black and white portrait of a man in a snow-flecked knit beanie and hooded coat leaning in low over a snowy ground, light catching one side of his face — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.

Anatolia · Ed. of 25Snow on the Wool

Black and white photograph of an elderly person in a checked shirt, their clasped wrinkled hands held toward the camera and in sharp focus while the face behind softens — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Nepal series.

Nepal · Ed. of 25The Folded Hands

Close portrait of an older woman with deeply lined skin and pale eyes against a brick wall — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Brick and Years

A freckled child in a hood and thick scarf dusted with snow stands before a brick wall — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Snow on the Scarf

A man leans on the sill inside a ferry window, smiling, with another boat reflected in the glass — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Ferry Window

A bearded man in a beanie and red vest smiles as gulls wheel against a grey sky behind him — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Among the Gulls

A boy in a dark fleece reaches toward a flock of pigeons on a mosque square under heavy clouds — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Feeding the Pigeons

An older woman in red looks out from the window of a blue wooden house framed by pink roses — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Roses at the Window

A young man leans on a window ledge behind iron bars beside an old flat-iron and a small bowl — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Behind the Bars

A man in a cap holds several white pigeons close to his chest at an open-air market under a stormy sky — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25The Pigeon Seller

An old man in a hat sits behind a ferry window, life rings and the deck reflected in the glass — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul · Ed. of 25Through the Ferry Glass

An elderly sadhu holds a brass water vessel at the river's edge at dawn in Varanasi — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25First Light

A sadhu curls up resting on a boat bow at sunset on the Ganges in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The River

A long-bearded sadhu spreads a red cloth like wings on the Ganges in Varanasi — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Red Wind

An elderly Rajasthani woman shades one eye beneath a printed veil in Pushkar — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Dupatta

An elderly woman in a red sari raises an open hand toward the camera, southern India — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Don't

Bare footprints left in blue, red and green Holi powder on a temple floor in India — fine art photograph by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Holi Feet

A woman with silver earrings stares into the lens as a child watches behind her in Pushkar — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Behind Her

An old man in a red Rajasthani turban twists his white moustache in Pushkar — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25Red Turban

A woman draws a floral veil across her face, henna on her hand, by a stone archway in Rajasthan — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Veil

A reclining sadhu with coiled dreadlocks and white Vaishnavite forehead paint in Varanasi — fine art black-and-white portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Host

An elderly woman with a shaved head and green sari at a temple in southern India — fine art colour portrait by Sefa Yamak, India series.

India · Ed. of 25The Offering

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