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SEFA YAMAK
Untitled Portraits — Istanbul / 14Tea on the Step
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, Turkey · 2018

Tea on the Step

She sat folded into a doorway with a glass of tea raised in one hand.

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

Her trousers were a bold circle print and her knitted cap sat a little crooked. The old plaster around her was bare and grey. She gave me a small, easy smile and I took it.

— Sefa Yamak, Istanbul. Istanbul 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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