35mm film photos by yasmin ahram

i obsessively take photos if only to trick myself into thinking moments past are not moments gone, then i would love to remain living in this bliss, so-called ignorance. i obsessively take photos if only to remember the feeling of a warm, falling light. i obsessively take photos if only to hear the frizzle of that spritz or the cackles that came after. i obsessively take photos if only to talk about shower cloths from the japanese store and the smell of lavender soap.

i obsessively take photos if only to stop time riiiight there, ah!

there, got it.