The big picture: Abdulhamid Kircher reflects on his traumatic family history

Kircher's seemingly innocent shot of his father's girlfriend having her hair dyed in an Istanbul salon belies the truth about the couple's reason for visiting The New York-based photographer Abdulhamid Kircher, 28, took this picture of his father's girlfriend, Dilo, in Istanbul. For much of his childhood, spent in Germany and the US, Kircher was estranged from his father - who served time in prison for drugs offences and attempted murder - but they were reacquainted when he was 15. For a decade ...