In the photographs we imagine a supremely rich era in
which the various ethnic groups living in Anatolia have not yet lost their uniqueness,
or their strength. At the same time, we are overcome by a deep sense of melancholy
as the pain of the togetherness, the affinities of yesterday, now lost, weighs so heavily
upon us. We feel the need to imagine an entirely different civilization, and to ensure
the survival of that which remains. To me, the most incisive aspect of Attila Durak’s
photographs is how they remind us that those who are gone shall never return.
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