Urban anonymity 2
The Curse and Blessing of Anonymity in a Metropolis. People are looking at you but no one is watching you. While we do not enjoy being watched, people also generally feel a need to be seen. Istanbul is both - the most populous and the most anonymous city in Turkey. Living in the most crowded city feels like you’re looking in on a mass of human life and activity through a windowpane. Is is like a social "reset" of your world. Being in Istanbul has given me a space, away from the social expectations, to figure out who I am as an individual. While I love this sense of anonymity, I had to learn to seek out new connections. You’re free to re-invent yourself.
Lyuben Petrov Zehtinski, Bulgaria, Plovdiv
