The impact of the sun against the dust of the street gives the neighborhood of Yalda, south of Damascus, a yellowish tone that encourages to seek a shadow urgently. However, the house of Umm Omar, which opens the door covered by a long veil of blue flowers, is dark and grey. The glass of the window transforms the hard light from the outside into a diffuse cold focus while she sits on a thin mattress on the floor. In her hands she holds a photogr…
The impact of the sun against the dust of the street gives the neighborhood of Yalda, south of Damascus, a yellowish tone that encourages to seek a shadow urgently. However, the house of Umm Omar, which opens the door covered by a long veil of blue flowers, is dark and grey. The glass of the window transforms the hard light from the outside into a diffuse cold focus while she sits on a thin mattress on the floor. In her hands she holds a photogr…