Caykara, Trabzon, Turkey, 2001 A Pontian Muslim  couple sits for a portrait in their home  while photographs of their family mirror their lives in black and white.  Traveling in to the hills and mountains of this region, Pontic Greek is spoken widely and more often among the senior members of the community.  

Caykara, Trabzon, Turkey, 2001

A Pontian Muslim  couple sits for a portrait in their home  while photographs of their family mirror their lives in black and white.  Traveling in to the hills and mountains of this region, Pontic Greek is spoken widely and more often among the senior members of the community.  

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Eleftherios Kostans is an award winning freelance photographer based in the Metropolitan Philadelphia area. He is the staff photographer at Swarthmore College in suburban Philadelphia where he contributes to a variety of publications. Eleftherios worked as a contract photographer with the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 10 years and was a correspondent to Sipa-Press Photo Agency in New York. His work has appeared in a variety of national and international publications such as Newsweek, Time, People, Paris Match, and Wired magazines.

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