Sabiha Çimen Qur’an School students having fun with a pink smoke bomb at a picnic event. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017.
“Smoke and mirrors, fantasy and real life, are a magician’s tools to create illusions; but phot
(...) ographers can also use those tools. The smoke in this picture is like the entrance to heaven in the clouds, offered as a reward for memorizing the Qur’an, and the camera is like a mirror of their souls. I want the viewer to go on this magical journey too, whether they imagine it to be fact or fiction.”
– Sabiha Çimen © Sabiha Çimen | Magnum Photos
