Then recently I went to a photography exhibition "The Distant Near" here in Ankara.

It consisted mainly of photographs from Subsaharan Africa, but, although full of reality, this exhibition was full of color and even happiness and beauty...

Not that there is much comparison between the people or places portrayed except for the fact that they all come from one region in the world, but I just enjoyed the fact that this last exhibition showed the reality of the ordinary people of these regions quite differently. Although it is neccessary to see both sides of their reality, it is nice to see them for once as people, not just as a mass of unimaginable suffering...