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Faces in the Street: Turkish artist paints portraits of cardboards collectors to raise awareness

14:02 - 7/12/2021 Tuesday

Can you remember the faces of the people you passed by today on the way to your office? A 26-year-old Turkish artist, Berkay Kahvecioğlu, has set up an outdoor public art exhibition, entitled "Faces in the Street," where he showcases the portraits of waste collectors painted on massive sacks, which the workers wheel around, to draw attention to their harrowing journey to eke out a living.

Can you remember the faces of the people you passed by today on the way to your office? A 26-year-old Turkish artist, Berkay Kahvecioğlu, has set up an outdoor public art exhibition, entitled "Faces in the Street," where he showcases the portraits of waste collectors painted on massive sacks, which the workers wheel around, to draw attention to their harrowing journey to eke out a living.


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#portraits of waste collectors
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