// SEFA YAMAK · V.2026CANLI
SEFA YAMAK

04 · 2016–2018 · Anatolia, Turkey · 14 photographs

Untitled Portraits — Anatolia — Black

The black-and-white portraits from across Anatolia — Doğubayazıt, the village of Hörmetçi near Kayseri, and the highlands of Rize. Weathered faces, animals, snow, stripped down to light and dark.

[ Series manifesto ]

Most of the Anatolia work is black and white, because most days out here are. Grey sky, grey stone, a face that has been outside its whole life. I shot these to be read as light and shadow, nothing else getting in the way of the eyes. Nothing posed. One frame, then they went back to it.

[ Archive context ]

PlaceAnatolia, Turkey
Years2016–2018
EditionEdition of 25, archival pigment on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
ThemesMonochrome · Texture · Faces · Distance
Tone
Format
Portrait(10)
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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · Ed. of 25Long Hair, Low Light
Landscape(4)
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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · 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, Turkey · Ed. of 25Snow on the Wool

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What black and white takes awayColor is information. A portrait is usually about one thing, and most of the time the color is telling you about something else.

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