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Untitled Portraits — Istanbul / 01The Simit Tower
A man carries a tall stack of sesame simit on a wooden tray balanced on his head through a crowd — street photograph by Sefa Yamak, Istanbul series.

Istanbul, Turkey · 2018

The Simit Tower

He came through the crowd with the whole morning's bread stacked above his head.

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

The tray sat flat on his hair and he kept his neck very still, eyes fixed somewhere past me. People in dark coats moved around him without looking up. I held the frame for the moment his face came clear under all that weight.

— 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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