When it started to rain, the blur that came between me and the street was trying to tear me away from life slowly. It was as if my reflection on the glass was stuck between the contrasting colors of the city and the raindrops. My reflection seemed to me like a ghost around the city. Despite all the colors, the crowds, the countless raindrops, I felt distant and isolated. The lights of the city could not overcome the darkness. Darkness that covered everything; good or bad, honest or reflection.

A Phantom I The Darkness In the mournful vaults of fathomless gloom To which Fate has already banished me, Where a bright, rosy beam never enters; Where, alone with Night, that sullen hostess,

I'm like a painter whom a mocking God Condemns to paint, alas! upon darkness; Where, a cook with a woeful appetite, I boil and I eat my own heart;

At times there shines, and lengthens, and broadens A specter made of grace and of splendor; By its dreamy, oriental manner,

When it attains its full stature, I recognize my lovely visitor; It's She! dark and yet luminous.

~Charles Baudelaire

F. Dilek Uyar

Edition: 10/10 Size: 3000*2000

About F. Dilek Uyar: Dilek is a highly accomplished travel and documentary photographer from Ankara, Turkey. Dilek is also a lawyer and a skilled sky diver. She took up photography as an escape from the courthouse and life, after she quit sky diving. That spark turned into a fire which led her to be named National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year in 2017. Fighting through challenges that are typical to what women face in male dominated spheres, she has not only made many proud with her accomplishments but has also inspired a whole new generation of female photographers. Dilek, a TEDx speaker, is also a contributing photographer of National Geographic YS and National Geographic Turkey. She teaches photography at Ankara Bilim University in Ankara, Turkey. She is also a jurist for some of the most prestigious photography awards in the world, such as those given by National Geographic. In 2020, she was named IPA Photographer of the Year (Deeper Perspective). In 2021, she was named Best Reportage Photographer of the Year at the 6th 35 Awards. She was also named Sony World Photography Award and was the third-place winner at the HIPA Humanity Awards (Story Telling). As a female photographer, lawyer, and mother from Turkey, she is a big champion of women’s rights and issues and advocates for saying yes to change. Her goal is to increase social awareness and recognition with her stories and to inspire young women in her country and all over the world.

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