On the night of February 6, a 7.8 earthquake hit southeastern Turkey and spread its devastation across ten of its provinces, reaching northwestern Syria. A few hours later, another unusual 7.5-earthquake hit the same region. Sabiha Çimen was in Ukraine when she got the news that her ancestral home in Adıyaman was one of the cities affected.

After the shock, she soon felt the urge to go on spot to photograph and to be with her family. For days, she traveled through the region and tried to make sense out of what happened. « An earthquake is something physical, a sensation the body can feel, but...