© Yildiz Durmus
© Yildiz Durmus
© Yildiz Durmus

A face holds more of a day than a whole street sometimes. This set gathers the people met along the way — at work, at rest, in between errands — photographed with permission and printed with respect. No staging, no retakes: just the light that was there and the moment that followed. Every image belongs to its maker; please ask before using any of them elsewhere.

There is a kind of beauty that never asks for attention. It sits in market corners, on rooftops and along quiet streets, waiting for someone to stop. These photographs are that stop.