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Distro - Transfiguration: The Double Life of Şeyma 

Sabiha Çimen 

"The impetus of this project grew out of my first book Hafız, about young girls who are memorizing Quran in schools through-out Turkey. Some marry and have children soon after graduation, but some rebel and transform themselves in a radical way; Şeyma is one of those stories of Transfiguration.

This is a world known to me because I too studied in a Quran school with my twin sister in Istanbul when I was younger. When I returned to do my first long term photographic project l sought out familiar scenes and objects from my memory there and it was there that I met Şeyma and her unique and radical... 

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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A man holds a sheep between his legs... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Prayers waiting for President Recep Tayyip... 
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TURKEY. Rize. 2022. A room with no TV signal. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. S¸eyma leaning on a tree at a summertime... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A group of men watching a street fight.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Passing a forbidden field. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. An overlooks the Islamic headscarf ban... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Urban transformation in Istanbul. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A Kurdish wedding in Adiyaman 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A young rapper. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma (right) with her sister. She likes... 
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TURKEY. Denizli. 2022. Pamukkale Travertines. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma relaxes after the ritual of lead-pouring.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. The intestine of the sacrificed animal.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma, uncovered, lying on a red carpet... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma on the dragon boat with her friends.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. According to ancient tradition and Prophet... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Scissor sharpener. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A young boy sitting after circumcision.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sevval and Zeze, sisters. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Birds flying over a construction site.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A man lighting his cigarettes against... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma is in Komando stairs with her friends... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma is lighting her cigarettes. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. The intestine of a sacrificed animal.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Mustafa, in his home, put leeches on... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Frozen tree branches. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A woman bather in Ottoman Hamam. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Newly engaged couples in a field. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma with her blue wig. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A homeless man sleeping in a historical... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters doing taekwondo. 
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TURKEY. Adiyaman. 2022. A Kurdish wedding in Adiyaman. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma and her friends are having fun... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. According to ancient tradition and Prophet... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Shadow of a chicken. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A young Syrian boy jumps into the Marmara... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters doing taekwondo. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Molybdomancy, molten lead. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters Sare (right) and Seyma. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. The shadow of a tree and a black cat.... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Tailor Muazzez, skiing on snow with the... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A ritual of lead-pouring for Seyma. Molybdomancy... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Seyma in the inverted room. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Leyla’s mother tying her hair before... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A ritual of lead-pouring for Seyma. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Bloody earth left after a ritual animal... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters Sare (left) and Seyma. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A simit seller. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A dog in a plastic basin. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters Sare (right) and Seyma hanging... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. A monkey on a balcony. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Sisters on a ferry boat wear their fine... 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. My father at his pomegranate tree. 
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TURKEY. Istanbul. 2022. Women guide the interpretation of the... 
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