You could get lost in this Turkish sultan's elaborate signature

"By looking closely I really discovered that there is a system. That there is a beauty. There is a sense of music even behind how these flowers work together."

Curator Deniz Beyazit on getting lost in a Turkish tughra.

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Photography by Katherine Dahab

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