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Framing hope

In Turkiye's 'house of photo', the world is seen through the lens of children fleeing wars

China Daily

Updated: 2026-06-29 09:48

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Zeynep (right) and Zuhre (center), 9-year-old, look at a camera film after developing it during a workshop held as part of Fotohane Darkroom project in Mardin, Turkiye, on June 13. YASIN AKGUL/AFP

In a dimly lit room illuminated by a pair of red lamps, eight-year-old Zeynep waits to see photographs she has taken, now trapped as shadows and silhouettes on a roll of film.

"How big is your curiosity?" asks her mentor, 40-year-old photographer Amar Kilic, as he develops the negatives in a sink.

"As big as the world," she replies.

Originally from the southeastern province of Mardin, Zeynep is among eight children taking part in a two-month analog photography workshop for local and migrant youth near Turkiye's borders with Iraq and Syria.

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