by Kolli Imed Eddine

My work is not intended as portraiture nor to pity people with miseries. It is a powerful spiritual iconography by which I intend to give them a glimmer of light in their eyes, to bring joy to their broken hearts, to give them hope, to honor them for surviving the cruel struggles they have been through, to make them believe that they matter, that they are a human being, and that they are not forgotten. I want to imbue them with the iconic soul of humanity, and all the photographs I take, I recite the end piece of a long emotional journey and it’s my way or the act of saying good-bye to the person I met.