En Pahali

12"x 24" Acrylic Print

En Pahali – The Price of a Moment

From a distance, it’s a quiet Istanbul street, a lone man watching the world pass by. Step closer, and the truth unfolds—a man and a woman, bathed in the glow of distant lights, caught in the fragile tension of something fleeting, something forbidden.

This is more than a photograph. It’s a sacrifice, a love story, a downfall. The artist pursued this shot at an unthinkable cost—his job, his love, his home, his hope—all lost in the wake of a romance that was never meant to last. As the world battled a pandemic, he battled his own unraveling, but this image remained—his masterpiece, his proof that beauty can still be born from ruin.

Titled "En Pahali"—The Most Costly—this acrylic print is a haunting reminder that some moments are worth everything