Digital Archive of the Middle East

Items

• A photograph with annotation: "a camp of seasonal worker Kurds, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  A photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a camp of seasonal worker Kurds, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Boy walking away from the camera with makeshift washing line in foreground and shelters in the background.
• A photograph with annotation: "the morning in Dogubayazit, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the morning in Dogubayazit, Turkey, 1997". Three men sitting at a table with two others standing behind. All looking into camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "Kurdish Nomads, Van area, Turkey, 1981".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Kurdish Nomads, Van area, Turkey, 1981". Girl holds ropes of suspended, elongated barrel.
• Photograph with annotation: "Vejdi Sayar, in charge of the Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey, 1991".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Vejdi Sayar, in charge of the Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey, 1991". Portrait of suited man in glasses looking sideways at the camera, with posters as backdrop.
• Photograph with annotation: "camp of nomadic Kurds in the mountains on sheep trail. Turkish Kurdistan, 1981".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated "camp of nomadic Kurds in the mountains on sheep trail. Turkish Kurdistan, 1981". Men and women in amongst black and white sheep with hazy background.
• Photograph with annotation: "in a village, in the region of Mardin, Turkish Kurdistan, 1987".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in a village, in the region of Mardin, Turkish Kurdistan, 1987". Two men and woman sitting on floor with rug / tapestry hanging on wall behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "the championships of Kirk Pinar, Edirne, Turkey".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the championships of Kirk Pinar, Edirne, Turkey". Two men in foreground wrestle. Other pairings wrestling in background with onlooking crowd in stands.
• Photograph with annotation: "a park in Istanbul, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a park in Istanbul, Turkey, 1997". Man sitting on wall next to sign with small gated monument behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "in a grocer's shop of Kurdistan, close to Kars, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in a grocer's shop of Kurdistan, close to Kars, Turkey, 1998". Man and woman standing in front of box-laden shelves, looking into the camera.
• Photograph with annotation: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Boy wheeling trolley full of clothes along a road, lined with cars & shop fronts.
• Photograph with annotation: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "in the streets of Diyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Girl looking up to the camera with a handful of small packets of tissues.
• Photograph with annotation: "Istanbul".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "Istanbul" showing boats and barges on the water in the foreground and buildings and trees on the hillside behind.
• Photograph with annotation: "market at Dicle, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "market at Dicle, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Crowd gathered on raised area between roads. Tractor and armoured car in foreground.
• Photograph with annotation: "the road to Tatvan, Elazig, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the road to Tatvan, Elazig, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". A few cars are being held up by a flock of sheep crossing a long, straight road, stretching into the distance.
• Photograph with annotation: "the ruined village houses of Kirmizikopru in Dersim [Tonali], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998."
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "the ruined village houses of Kirmizikopru in Dersim [Tonali], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998." Houses in a disrepaired state. Grass outside, trees behind the buildings.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Nevzat' and his daughter, Kurdistan, Turkey".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Nevzat' and his daughter, Kurdistan, Turkey". Man sitting on floor by small tree with arm around child. Other child in background.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Nevzat' and his Kurdish daughter, displaced in a shanty town, several kilometres from Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Nevzat' and his Kurdish daughter, displaced in a shanty town, several kilometres from Istanbul Airport, Turkey, 1998". Man sitting on floor by small tree with arm around child. Other child in background.
• Photograph with annotation: " 'Pedzi', the Kurdish shepherd, embarking on seasonal work, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: " 'Pedzi', the Kurdish shepherd, embarking on seasonal work, close to Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Man kneeling on floor, hands outstretched, palms open.
• Photograph with annotation: "a boy selling cigarettes in the bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a boy selling cigarettes in the bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1997". Man taking packet from a box held by a boy. People standing outside buildings behind look on.
• Photograph with annotation: "a camp of seasonal Kurds in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a camp of seasonal Kurds in the region of Izmir, Turkey, 1998". Boy walking away from the camera with makeshift washing line in foreground and shelters in the background.
• Photograph with annotation: "a desolate road in Dersim [Tunceli], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a desolate road in Dersim [Tunceli], Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Road stretches into the distance with fields either side and hills in the background. Framed through chipped and cracked glass.
• Photograph with annotation: "a destroyed village on the road to Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a destroyed village on the road to Hakkari, Turkish Kurdistan, 1998". Remnants of buildings surrounded by vegetation, sit at the foot of a hillside.
• Photograph with annotation: "a family in the village of Okacli, Turkey, 1997".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a family in the village of Okacli, Turkey, 1997". Three adults and two children stand outside a building. Main subject standing with arms folded.
• Photograph with annotation: "a father and his son at the bus stop in a bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a father and his son at the bus stop in a bus station, Kurdistan, Turkey, 1998". Man and boy standing by wall. Man standing in doorway looking at camera. Other figures in background.
• Photograph with annotation: "a group of 'folk' in Dyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey 1987".
  Photograph by Edith Maubec, annotated: "a group of 'folk' in Dyarbakir, Turkish Kurdistan, Turkey 1987". Men stand in a line with crowd of men and boys looking on.