Samsat, Turkey 1970

Jon Goell Photography

In 1970 I was an archeological photographer on a Hittite site in Samsat, Turkey, near Nemrud Dagh. The dig director was Theresa Goell, my father's sister. While the scientific site photography was handeled with Leicas, I shot some of my personal work with a Crown Graphic 4x5 camera and Polaroid sheet and pack film. Over the years many aged badly, and required a lot of Photoshop restoration.

Family, Samsat, Turkey 1970
Family, Samsat, Turkey 1970
In 1970 I was an archeological potographer on a Hittite site in Samsat, Turkey, near Nemrud Dagh. This was a family of one of the workers, captured on Polaroid 4x5 inch black and white film.
Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 1970.
Hagia Sophia Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey, 1970.
Kurdish boy with pet scorpion, Samsat, Turkey 1970.
Kurdish boy with pet scorpion, Samsat, Turkey 1970.
Azziz (right) and crew, Samsat, Turkey 1970
Azziz (right) and crew, Samsat, Turkey 1970
Image restored from damaged 4x5 inch Polaroid print.
Kurdish bride, 14 years. Samsat, Turkey 1970.
Kurdish bride, 14 years. Samsat, Turkey 1970.
When I worked as an archeological photographer in Turkey, the village schoolteacher and translator for the dig asked me to photography his arranged bride for her family. She was terrified.
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