Biz Öyle Bir Şey Yaşamadık by Cemre Yeşil Gönenli

If no one appears in a photograph, the photographer is privileged.
If only one person appears in a photograph, that person is privileged.
If two people appear in a photograph,
only the one who assumes to be secondary is privileged.
Because, everything in the universe has been excluded,
and only that person has been admitted in.
That photograph is like those fancy invitation cards which are both obsolete
and indispensable and which, as we occasionally glance over, throws us away
to a point in the past where we have not enjoyed the day yet.
The invitation is over and no one is around,
but the honor of having been invited will last us a life time.

for Cemre

Orhan Cem Çetin, May 2012

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In my childhood home, there was a photograph that would intermittently appear, finding its place within the house before disappearing again. Its presence seemed etched into the memories of everyone in the househol Show More