She was by the window. He was by the door.
I am intrigued by people in frames.
In each frame there is a story, waiting to be told.
These are their stories, told through different frames, in different cities.

I SAW HER IN MASOULEH VILLAGE, IRAN.
She was fixated on the road, perhaps waiting for something.

I SAW HER IN LISBON, PORTUGAL.
in the old Mouraria neighbourhood, a place where people of all nations had mingled together for centuries, she held her baby, and I thought of who the baby will be in 20 years from now. what if he sees this photo one day?

I SAW HER IN LISBON, PORTUGAL.
"can I take your photo?"
"yes. very much."
A true tough mama. tattoos, loud rock music busting, she ruled the block from her window.

I SAW HER IN MEDAN, INDONESIA.
She waved and smiled at me from the window of a slum house made of tin, under a bridge. She caught me deep in thought, nonsensical negative thoughts about my own lack of money, actually.


I SAW HER IN HOI AN, VIETNAM.
She was shy and beautiful.

I SAW HER IN MASOULEH VILLAGE, GILAN, IRAN.
Up in the foggy mountains, I saw her slowly lean and peek out to watch us: the strange visitors to her village!

I SAW HER IN VANCOUVER, CANADA.

I SAW HER IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Serving her customers from a hole in the wall, she kept the kitchen behind her running full force, full of fire.

I SAW HER IN ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE, SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA.
She was a monk meditating at one of the hundred stone temples of Angkor. There was silence, and then her, at peace.

I SAW HER IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
1:00 am, tired, end of a busy day. She sat at the foot of her store, watching the last of people going home.

I SAW HER IN PLEIKU, VIETNAM.
Mutual curiosity (nosyness) pulled us both to a crack in a door.

I SAW HER IN TEHRAN.
Sitting in Traffic with her friends, smoking a cigarette.

I SAW HER IN MOURARIA, LISBON, PORTUGAL.
Tired and hot from the indoor heat. she shouted and shooed me away.

I SAW HIM IN COHIN, KERALA, INDIA.
One of those moments when you feel more at home in a strange town than you would at home; when someone bids you farewell warmly when you are leaving. Thus was our local tailor.

I SAW HIM IN KASHAN, IRAN.
"come back in...don't show up with that messy hair"...his mom pulled him in, brushed his hair and washed his face and then sent him back out so that "uncle would then snap a few photos"

I SAW THEM IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA.
Hanging in the cool shade, the two older brothers sang songs to the little sister and kissed her on the head.

I SAW HIM IN KERMAN, IRAN.

I SAW HIM IN ARAK, IRAN.
He had his own flock of pigeons.
He asked me if I was from BBC.

I SAW HIM IN KARAJ, IRAN.
Waiting eagerly for the car to be fixed so that the holiday trip could contiue to the Caspian Sea.

I SAW HIM IN COCHIN, KERALA, INDIA.
Keeping the office running on a lazy summer afternoon.

I SAW HIM IN MASOULEH VILLAGE, IRAN.
Quietly poking his head out to check out the outsiders visiting the village.
They say curiosity killed the cat. I'll say, it also provided me with a lot of good shots!

I SAW HIM IN MILAN, ITALY.
What a show. Honking his horns, singing, and waving at people on the street.

I SAW THEM IN TEHRAN BAZAR, TEHRAN, IRAN.
talking business over tea, on a hot summer noon in the Rug Sellers quarter.

I SAW HIM IN KASHAN, IRAN.
Happily walking through the old mansion.

I SAW MYSELF ON A BOAT, VICTORIA, CANADA.

I SAW HIM IN QAZVIN, IRAN.
And the writing on the wall said "Forgive to be Forgiven.
