Double Portrait by Cemre Yeşil Gönenli

Double Portrait was an International Photo Book Award finalist at FELIFA - Festival de Libros de Fotos de Autor 2021 and was shortlisted in the PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Awards for the ‘Award for Best Photography Book of the Year’ in the international category.

A dance

A double dance

Words with photographs

Mothers with children

A nonsensical dictionary about the (m)other

not to read,

but to feel

not to forget,

but to live.

Double Portrait is a reverie in the form of images and words. A communication of an artistic calling through photography and an archive of a personal journey of joy and sorrow that comes with love and birth; fear of loss, identity, childhood, motherhood, memory; a questioning of portrait traditions and the psychological aspect of photography. Double Portrait is about remembering what it means to be held, and experiencing what it means to hold regardless of cultural n Show More