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Untitled Portraits — Istanbul / 02Behind the Iron
Two children press their hands and faces against the glass behind an ornate wrought-iron grille — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul, Turkey · 2018

Behind the Iron

Two kids found me through the glass of a door and pressed their palms flat against it.

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

The old iron scrollwork cut across their faces, but their grins came right through. One of them smiled wide, the other watched me sideways. I shot it before they got bored and ran off.

— Sefa Yamak, Istanbul. Istanbul series.

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

Edition
Edition of 25 · signed & numbered
Paper
Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
Process
Archival pigment print
Sizes
30×40 cm · 50×60 cm · 60×80 cm · 80×100 cm
Certificate
Signed certificate of authenticity
Production
Produced to order
Price
On request
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