![A collage artwork. The main photo shows two men sitting on chairs in an arid desert, with more chairs all around them. The piece is overlaid by text that reads "No one is listening to us. We have nothing to tell."](https://images.ctfassets.net/adaoj5ok2j3t/4mD7TIK0rQVaRqINSgprsO/43e69e4e7c79ec4a2fa55618a26098ee/wepresent-Dilara-Sahin-WE.SEL4_desert_project.jpg?fm=webp&w=3000&q=75)
![A mixed-media artwork. The main photograph depicts a group of people standing around a jetty in swimming costumes preparing to jump into the water. The sun and some rainclouds have been drawn over the image, and some copy that reads "Everything in this photo evokes sadness, because I was SAD when I took it."](https://images.ctfassets.net/adaoj5ok2j3t/Wsd0SUK2lXGtYlLfNTUV9/a6805a661ca8417ef7702c34472629b4/wepresent-Dilara-Sahin-WE.SEL6-desert-project.jpg?fm=webp&w=3000&q=75)
Dilara Şahin is a Turkish photographer who uses her own cinematic, high-contrast imagery to create experimental collages that explore the darker side of life. Her punchy, high-contrast works explore the more difficult emotions that life has led her to—such as isolation, sadness, death and loss.
Stories with Dilara Şahin
![A collage artwork. The main photo shows two men sitting on chairs in an arid desert, with more chairs all around them. The piece is overlaid by text that reads "No one is listening to us. We have nothing to tell."](https://images.ctfassets.net/adaoj5ok2j3t/4mD7TIK0rQVaRqINSgprsO/43e69e4e7c79ec4a2fa55618a26098ee/wepresent-Dilara-Sahin-WE.SEL4_desert_project.jpg?fm=webp&w=3000&q=75)