In the Pera Museum there was an exhibition about the famous photographer Henry Cartier Bresson. On my way up I noticed a fine flight of stairs, and realized that something might be done with it, photography-wise. As it turned out, I was not the first who thought so, for half an hour after I thought this I was face-to-face with a picture by Henry, who used those very stairs. I swear I had the idea before I saw his work, so I do not consider it plagiarism. And: he had an easier job, because he could work without cars passing by all the time and the stairs hadn’t seen their symmetry spoiled by bushes and a couple of street signs. For what it’s worth.

I was informed the name of the stairs is the Kamondo stairs. Avram Kamando, originally a Portuguese jew was born in Venice and moved to Istanbul at the end of 18th century.