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Untitled Portraits — Istanbul / 16Beads in the Teahouse
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, Turkey · 2018

Beads in the Teahouse

He sat at the edge of a teahouse table with prayer beads hanging from one hand and a ring on the other.

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

A glass of tea waited on the table next to him. His white shirt and vest caught the dim indoor light, the wall behind worn and grey. He held my look without hurry.

— Sefa Yamak, Istanbul. Istanbul series.

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

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