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Photograph: My Great Uncle Fereydoon and wife, Nageeda’s wedding party.

Xala Fereydoon stands between his sisters, Lufti (left) and Dimen. Fereydoon’s sister,Ahwaz, gleefully peers in (pictured behind him). Nageeda, holding flowers, stands next to my mother, Rezan. The attending children stand in front, admiring the scene.

⭐️Note the details of dress, accessories and facial expressions; all play a part in this scene. My favourite detail is the adornment of traditional Kurdish necklaces, classic pearls and Nageeda’s clutch on her flowers.

Category: Kurdish wedding celebrations
Location: Aqari, Slemani
Year: c. 1978
Format: B&W film
[Source: Family archive]

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My maternal family stand together for a picture during a sayran (picnic) trip. My mother stands on the far right, next to her beloved uncle who is beautifully dressed in Kurdish clothes, contrasting her own. The mountains behind them offering an idyllic view.

Before digital cameras, photographs like these were taken sparingly. Each frame became a record of family, place, and a moment worth preserving. This preserves moment during a road trip and picnic in the spring time.

I am reminded that archives are often built long before we recognise them as such. every family album preserves its own history, quietly documenting a record of our lives.

Format: Colour film
Year: c. mid 1970s
Location: Unknown, surrounding area of Slemani
[Source: Family archive]

You’re welcome to share this image. Please don’t remove its provenance by reposting it without credit or presenting it as your own. ❤️

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Photograph: My aunt Ita and my uncle Haji’s wedding photos.

My aunt is wearing a beautiful white dress, adorned in lace gloves and a delicate veil. My uncle stands in a stylishly lightly coloured suit. Both holding each other in a loving embrace.

This image also preserves a moment in my family’s history, offering insight into the moments of joy and life amidst turmoil in the region. It remains one of my favourite images for its tender display of love.

Format: Colour film, professional studio photograph
Date: 22/01/1990
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
[Source: Family archive] @nishta.osman

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Photograph: My second cousin is perched up on my grandmother’s garden wall, surrounded by vine leaves.

Sitting proudly, he is captured in a moment of peace and child’s play.

Format: Colour film, captured by my mother
Year: Exact year unknown, c. mid 1980s
Location: Slemani, Kurdistan
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[Source: Family archive]

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My Grandfather Haji Osman (right) and a friend (name unknown) stand together for a photograph.

Both gentlemen worked in hospital administration and were enjoying a day out with colleagues, in the mountains surrounding Slemani.

What I admire most about this photo is the contrast in their attire, with one in a tailored suit and the other in traditional Kurdish garments, reflecting the coexistence of modern and vernacular forms of dress in 1970s Kurdistan.

Location - Slemani, Kurdistan
Format - Colour film
Year - Circa mid 1970s
[Source: Family archive]

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"هەر کاتێک کامێرایەک ئاڕاستەی مناڵێک بکەم خەندەیەک دێتە سەر ڕوومەتی؛ ئایا چ چێژێکی تیایە عەدەسەی کامێراکەم؟ یان ئەوە بە دەموچاوم پێدەکەنێت؟"

وێنەگر: کاک جەمال ساڵیح، سەرۆکی کۆمەڵەی وێنەگران، وێنەی کۆمەڵە منداڵێک لە کاتی نەورۆزدا.

"Whenever I point my camera at a kid, a smile forms on their face; what's the enjoyment they find in my lens? Or is it my face thats funny?"

Photographer: Kak Jamal Salih, Leader of the Kurdistan Photographers Society, A photo of a group of children during Nawroz.

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