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The famous Istkilal Street typically sees anywhere from 1-3 million people walk down it daily. As I walked the entire 1.5km (1 mile) street on April 10th during the Coronavirus pandemic, I estimate I passed only a few hundred people, at most, almost all of whom were wearing face masks and keeping their distance from other passersby. Normally the street is so busy that you can barely walk a few meters without bumping into another human being, but on this day I was able to saunter down the almost-deserted street.

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Black Lives Matter protest, 2015

New York, NY

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Gezi Park Protests, 2013

Istanbul, Turkey

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Kafe kedi.

Istanbul, Turkey

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Athens, Greece

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Istanbul, Turkey

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I'm glad to see Gramafon Baba (Mehmet Öztekin), Istanbul’s last gramophone repairman, is still going at it. I took this photo of him in his little shop at the Grand Bazaar about 5 years ago. "He is known across the city as a man of different times and different principles, a musical librarian. For those who look into it, Oztekin’s repair shop is the gate to a world of its own, welcoming the musically curious, regardless of their age." Istanbul’s last gramophone repairman keeps records turning

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Central Park in the snow.

New York, NY

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Istanbul, Turkey

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Snowy day —— instagram | buy prints

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Bushwick, Brooklyn —— instagram | buy prints

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Brooklyn at sunset. —— instagram | buy prints

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Asil looking out the window.

Istanbul, Turkey

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Istanbul, Turkey

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