What is a firefighter's job? It puts out the fire. There is a fireman in this photo. There's a fireman inside the streetlights, the traffic lights, the lights of a kebab shop. This time it doesn't put out the fire. He walks on fire.
This atmosphere was formed after it snowed. The snow spread all the lights. I waited for half an hour for someone to pass by that road. It was like fire. And maybe just for the sake of contrast, a firefighter passed by. I pressed the shutter button.
Artist: Mehmet Karafilm
Medium: Photography
Edition: 1/1
Collection: One Person One
Location: Gaziantep / Turkey
Shot in the year - 2021
⚪️⚫️🟡 These minimalist-style photographs were inspired by Faulkner's novel "The Sound and the Fury", which he has re-written five times. I tried to view the book through the eyes of its main protagonist, Benjy Campson. Benjy is a person with a disability, in other words, a special one. His world is pure and minimalistic.
There are two resemblances between him and me, one of which is absolute. First: Both of our brothers are deceased. Secondly, I was born post-mature and the doctors said that I might have a mental deficiency. Yes, that didn't come true. I didn't have any problems. But I pondered upon this possibility and thought about what I would create if I took the photos as Benjy Campson. In these photos, Benjy's deceased brother, my deceased brother, the fireman walking in a place like it is on fire but not putting out the fire, the man who is no different from the bushes, a mother walking in the center of the road in the snow...
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What is a firefighter's job? It puts out the fire. There is a fireman in this photo. There's a fireman inside the streetlights, the traffic lights, the lights of a kebab shop. This time it doesn't put out the fire. He walks on fire.
This atmosphere was formed after it snowed. The snow spread all the lights. I waited for half an hour for someone to pass by that road. It was like fire. And maybe just for the sake of contrast, a firefighter passed by. I pressed the shutter button.
Artist: Mehmet Karafilm
Medium: Photography
Edition: 1/1
Collection: One Person One
Location: Gaziantep / Turkey
Shot in the year - 2021
⚪️⚫️🟡 These minimalist-style photographs were inspired by Faulkner's novel "The Sound and the Fury", which he has re-written five times. I tried to view the book through the eyes of its main protagonist, Benjy Campson. Benjy is a person with a disability, in other words, a special one. His world is pure and minimalistic.
There are two resemblances between him and me, one of which is absolute. First: Both of our brothers are deceased. Secondly, I was born post-mature and the doctors said that I might have a mental deficiency. Yes, that didn't come true. I didn't have any problems. But I pondered upon this possibility and thought about what I would create if I took the photos as Benjy Campson. In these photos, Benjy's deceased brother, my deceased brother, the fireman walking in a place like it is on fire but not putting out the fire, the man who is no different from the bushes, a mother walking in the center of the road in the snow...