Mersin, from the series Fault Lines/Turkey/East/West

Focusing on scenes of everyday life, the 'Fault Lines/Turkey/East/West' series document social and cultural change in Turkey as the country rapidly urbanises. Mersin is a large modern port city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. Prominently located on the seafront is a Turkish fighter jet mounted to commemorate the 1974 invasion of Cyprus. In this photograph Georgiou has captured a young girl whizzing by on her bike oblivious to him and her surrounds. The photograph contrasts her life and the other small human narratives in the picture – Where is she going? Who is the man on the phone talking to? – with the daunting forms of history, embodied in the dynamically angled yet grounded jet. Georgiou has said he is interested in photographing everyday, mundane activities and leaving it for the viewer to make their own interpretations.