Those Who Wait #1

From “TAVAF” series, 2013

15000 × 3900 px

Edition: 1/1

We go to jobs we don’t like, commute during rush hour with the military discipline of ants automated to work. We repeat this routine more often than we want to. The capitalist system mechanizes us, regardless of our human needs, and promises us to give back our commoditized natural rights in return for our labor. This work is part of a photography series that aims to question the reality everybody is aware of, but simply tries to ignore.

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Creation process: For three months, I took more than 500 photos in metro stations in Istanbul. The photos were taken while people were waiting for the subway during commuting time. Every time a subway arrived, there were just a few seconds to document the moment of waiting before people started entering the metro. Rather than the crowd in the subway, I tried to capture people's tired bodies. To create this work I combined multiple photos taken at different times into one panorama.