here are some monochrome pictures I took whiles staying in Turkey. It had been a while since I had travelled in the Orient – from waking up to the sound of the Imam chanting, to the red sunsets, the impressions I gathered were beautiful – I tried capturing these impressions with my lens.

the fishing rod

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the kid cycling along the narrow pier is what first caught my attention.

the sun of the orient

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the sun’s reflection

the three women in the wind

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the separation of the sexes is very obvious in these countries. none the less, I found these three women laughing away a beautiful and comedic sight.

evening serenades

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gone with the light

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I stood there, and I found the scene to have a “caspar david friedrich” like quality. a sad romanticism.

flooded with light

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the kid

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a lonely child is always a good photo subject.