// SEFA YAMAK · V.2026CANLI
SEFA YAMAK

07 · 2018 · Rize, Turkey · 4 photographs

The Herder — A Story

A single encounter on a foggy Rize hillside, told in four frames — a boy, his black goats, and the fog that swallows the hill. Read them in order.

[ Series manifesto ]

Not a collection but a story. I met him near the top of a hill that the fog kept erasing. The goats came at me first, then he turned and called them down, and at the end he came back and stood for one proper portrait. Four frames, in the order they happened.

[ Archive context ]

PlaceRize, Turkey
Years2018
EditionEdition of 25, archival pigment on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm
ThemesPortraiture · Prints · Series
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Format
A young herder stands among his black goats on a foggy mountain pasture, the herd pressing toward the camera — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.
Rize, Turkey · Ed. of 25Where the Hill Disappears
Long-haired black goats fill the foreground in low light while the young herder stands blurred behind them in the mist — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.
Rize, Turkey · Ed. of 25Closer, in the Dark
From a distance, the young herder with a stick walks across open pasture in heavy fog while the herd streams down the slope toward him — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.
Rize, Turkey · Ed. of 25Calling Them Down
The young herder stands alone on the foggy hillside, one hand on his stick, looking at the camera with the herd now gone — fine art portrait by Sefa Yamak, Anatolia series.
Rize, Turkey · Ed. of 25After the Herd

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