Istanbul: the old, the modern, the future city, the city of contrasts, shaped by the brutal dynamic of religious, political, economic and social transformation processes. Like no other metropolis, Istanbul embodies the great themes of our time. The photographs of Maria Sewcz are a fascinating image-analytical interpretation of this event unfolding before our eyes: cuts through space and time between Europe, the Balkans, the Near and Far East. Her image pairs fix the city in fragments.