Begum Yamanlar: Memory, Ruin and Photographing Vanishing Spaces

Turkish photographer and visual artist Begum Yamanlar explores the fragile intersections of memory, architecture, landscape, and time. In this conversation with EMAHO, she reflects on vanishing spaces, Istanbul’s evolving identity, photography as a medium of remembrance, AI, and why the unseen often reveals more than the visible.

Emily Garthwaite: Photographing Iraq, Ritual, and Resilience

In this interview with *Emaho*, Emily Garthwaite reflects on years of photographing Iraq through a deeply human lens, documenting life along the Tigris River, rituals, resilience, and environmental change. Challenging conflict-driven narratives, she reveals a country shaped as much by memory, beauty, and everyday life as by crisis.

Linda Zhengova: Photographing Eroticism, Memory and the Politics of Being Seen

Czech Chinese photographer and writer Linda Zhengová moves between memory, trauma, eroticism and human connection with startling emotional honesty. In this intimate conversation with Emaho Magazine, she reflects on cross cultural identity, intimacy, photography, censorship, happiness, and the politics of truly being seen.

Ismail Zaidy: A Rooftop Photographer from Morocco

Ismail Zaidy is a self‑taught Moroccan photographer who turned the rooftop of his family home in Marrakech into Studio Sa3ada, a “Studio of Happiness” and his primary creative sanctuary. In this Emaho interview, he speaks about capturing memory, family, and everyday poetry from above, tracing his journey from mobile‑phone experiments on the rooftop to international recognition in contemporary art and fashion.