The portrait of an Arab Bedouin mother of refugee caring for her young child inside traditional 'beehive' adobe houses where they lived in Harran south eastern Turkey near the Syria border. The 7.8 earthquake has greatly impacted in Southern Turkey - Syria region where they lived in on February 6. The people there are ethnic Arabs and were settled there during the 18th century by the Ottoman Empire. Harran was founded at some point between the 25th and 20th centuries BC.
Sandra Chen Weinstein is a photographer, ceramist, and independent curator. Born in Taiwan, she has worked and lived in DC, Japan, China for American agency, and traveled for photo assignments to many countries. Early in her photo career in 2009, she was chosen as the only American photographer among hundreds of applicants for Magnum Masterclasses in The Netherlands and in London, England.
Awards Sandra’s photography has received many outstanding National and International Awards including Winner OpenWall Vol#4 British Journal of Photography. CENTER Director’s First Place Award Santa Fe. First Place for KLPA Portrait award, First Place for PX3 Sport, IPA Deepest Perspective award and other IPA awards. Her works has been exhibited in Museum of Cotemporary Art, Museum of Fine Art Washington, Aperture Gallery, Annenberg Space for Photography, Florida Museum of Photographic Art, Griffin Museum of Photography, USC Pacific Museum, among many others. Her work has been featured in The European Photography Magazines, French Culture Papier, FOTOMagaines, American Photography AI-AP Books & Archives, Color, Black and White Magazines, etc. Her work is in several private collections.
