Chai Seller

☀️ Sulaymaniyah city. Kurdistan, Iraq, 2019. At the top of the mountain, after Ihsan and I were done chasing frames of paragliders in the sunset, it was time to have tea. Of course, there was a tea merchant on the mountain top (along with vendors selling food), with his samovar and glasses and sugar vats gleaming in…More

Kurdish Twilight

☀️ Sulaymaniyah city. Kurdistan, Iraq, 2019. One of many landing outtakes, as paragliders (you can see one of them in the first post) attempted landing on the same ridge they took off from on Goizha mountain. Demonstrably harder that it sounds, as the wind was howling around the mountain that evening. The crowds gathered —Ihsan…More

Kurdish Sunset

☀️ Sulaymaniyah city. Kurdistan, Iraq, 2019. This picture was taken around the same time, and from the same spot, as the one in the last post. I made a lot of photos that evening. The light was incredible like the view, and there were all kinds of interesting things happening. I love how the Shasti…More