Constantinople, 1896. Pera, the European quarter, where the photographers are.

• Ethnic persecution and mass violence in 1896: mostly reported, one scene witnessed from a rooftop at distance
• State surveillance, arrests, torture referenced but never described in method
• Desire between adults, including queer desire; sex cuts away at the door
• Chemical hazard: a nitrate fire and a burn injury
• Grief; the destruction of an archive
• No slurs written out; the era's bigotry appears as licences, patrols and which street is safe on which day

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