Luc Choquer - Women of Istanbul

Luke Shock
Women of Istanbul

Published by Elocoquent, 2019
Book size 15 x 21cm
Pages, 48 pages
Soft cover

"A clandestine photo for a clandestine love. They hide to reach me, they each have very religious parents. She removes her veil and puts on makeup in front of the car mirror, everything has to go quickly... They pose, happy to finally be together, finally legitimate, in front of a photographer. Behind them, a fresco, very emblematic of Istanbul. Through a photographic work on the daily life of the women of Istanbul, I tried to create a portrait in the present of this captivating world city, the unique geographical meeting point between East and West.
The rise of radical Islamism places women at the heart of this strange ballet where religion and modernity waltz, between fencing and pas de deux. They alone express the soul of this city."
-Luc Choquer.