From the Shut Your Aperture archive (2014): the contributor’s words and circumstances below belong to that publication period. The portraits are presented with Rami Eskeif’s original credit; the people’s identities and present circumstances are not known.
People of Syria: Portraits by Rami Eskeif
People of Syria by Rami Eskeif
Walking through the streets of Damascus you can find these people, their eyes inspires me, so I start a small chat with each one to break the ice. After a few minutes they tell me what they suffer in life. At that moment I take my shot. I shut my aperture.
I chose those objects because they touch you deeply, they move your feelings, and the photo transfers you to another world where you loose gravity.” Says Rami
