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SEFA YAMAK
Untitled Portraits — Anatolia — Black / 09Almost Asleep
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 · 2017

Almost Asleep

Her eyes were nearly shut when I made this, and she let them stay that way.

This story imagines, it does not document. It is what the photograph made me feel.

The dark around her is the doorway she was sitting in. I waited and did not ask her to open them.

— Sefa Yamak, Rize. Anatolia series.

Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm · Signed & numbered on verso · Certificate of Authenticity included

If this photograph interests you, write to me directly. I'll answer any questions about print sizes, paper, and process. Studio visits in Istanbul are also available.

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